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Abstract
Background: Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize, understand, and control one’s own emotions in order to reduce stress and communicate effectively. Job burnout, on the other hand, is a state in which a person is physically and intellectually overworked. The study aimed to: Explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and job burnout among geriatric nurses. The aim will be fulfilled through the following objectives: Assessing emotional intelligence among nurses caring for elderly patients, assessing job burnout among nurses caring for elderly patients and assessing the relationship between emotional intelligence and job burnout among nurses. Methods: Design: Descriptive correlation was used. Sample: A convenience sample of 140 nurses working at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Setting: this study was conducted at Beni-Suef University Hospital, at all departments for geriatric patients Tools: two main tools were used to conduct this study; Tool I: Emotional Intelligence scale which consists of two parts: part (1) nursing demographic data and job characteristic, part (2) Emotional intelligence scale. Tool II: Job Burnout Questionnaire. Results: less than fifth of the studied nurses (18.6%) had high total EI, it ranged between 15.7% for sociability and 18.6% for wellbeing. And the nurses’ study sample was almost equally split between low (50.7%) and moderate\High (49.3%) total burnout. Conclusion: there was a statistically significant negative correlation between burnout scores and emotional intelligence scores. Recommendations: Programs of In-service training for nurses on EI skills are recommended. Periodic screening of emotional distress, exhaustion, decrease job satisfaction, professional inefficiency, and social negative effects.