EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND WORK LIFE BALANCE AMONG NURSES OF LADOKE AKINTOLA TEACHING HOSPITAL OSOGBO, OSUN STATE NIGERIAThis study examined emotional intelligence and work-life balance among nurses of Ladoke Akintola teaching hospital Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study while one null hypothesis was formulated. This study adopted a descriptive correlational survey research design. The target population for this study comprised 250 senior nursing personnel, including Directors of Nursing Services, Deputy and Assistant Directors, Chief and Assistant Nurse Tutors, and Principals of Nursing at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. A sample of 105 participants was drawn using simple random sampling technique. Data for this study were collected through a structured questionnaire. The instrument consisted of three sections: Section A elicited demographic information of the respondents, Section B contained standardized items adapted from the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) to assess the level of emotional intelligence, while Section C adopted the Work-Life Balance Scale by Hayman (2005) to measure work-life balance among the nurses. Research Questions 1 and 2 were answered using descriptive statistics such as mean scores, and standard deviation. Research Question 3 was analyzed using inferential statistics of regression analysis. All hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27. The findings revealed that nurses at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital demonstrated a high level of emotional intelligence and a moderate level of work-life balance. It was also found out that emotional intelligence is a strong positive and significant predictor of work-life balance among nurses at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State. It was recommended that hospital management should sustain and further strengthen emotional intelligence competencies among nurses through regular professional development programmes, emotional wellness workshops, communication training, and stress-management seminars.