EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING "EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS RELATION WITH PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS" AMONG STAFF NURSES IN PUNE CITY

INTRODUCTION: The capacity to sense, utilise, comprehend, manage, and control emotions is often referred to as emotional intelligence (EI). The notion of emotional intelligence may be used to anticipate and enhance people's life abilities. Professional job success is dependent on emotional intelligence, which will undoubtedly assist a teenager in reducing stress while in school and in the future by reducing conflict, increasing relationships, and understanding. AIM OF STUDY: To assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding emotional intelligence and its relation with professional success among staff nurses of a selected hospital in Pune. METHODOLOGY: Given the nature of the problem under examination and the desired outcome, quantitative research was considered. The sample size was set at 100 staff nurses using a non-probability purposive sampling approach. RESULT: The outcome revealed that Knowledge mean score of post-test of staff nurses was 21.43, +/- 4.86, which was considerably higher than average pre-test knowledge score of 10.02, +/- 4.77. The null hypothesis is rejected as t test calculated value is 16.66 and the p-value is 0.0001, (less than 0.05). It demonstrates efficiency of a self-instructional module on emotional intelligence and its relationship with professional achievement among staff nurses. CONCLUSION: Study result concludes that post-test mean value are more than pre-test levels of knowledge among Staff nurses so self-instructional module was effective in improving knowledge of emotional maturity and so its relationship to professional success and found associated with emotional insight and its relationship to professional success.