Myers-Briggs Type

[piscesguy]

I know this is an often-used test. I've taken it three times since h.s. I am mostly an ENFP, sometimes an ISFP. Anyone else know their type? I wonder what other types people on the forum are, and if there are some patterns predominant among nurses. I'm sooo curious! Wheeeee!

[susannyc]

Multicollinarity - I think I understand. When analyzing a situation I don't feel something is a certain way... I think, based on the facts at hand. My brain seems to automatically filter the touchy feely stuff. We're not necessarily aloof but when faced with analysis we process a data stream more readily than emotion.

JMHO--that's what makes us good ICU/ER/critical care type RNs. We act on the data first, deal with the emotion later. Saved a lot of lives that way.

[morte, LPN, LVN]

hmm INTP, lol, NURSIN was not mentioned at all....

[rach_nc_03]

I'm an ENTJ- 80% or more on each of the spectrums, too. I've tested that way ever since high school (I'm 34). It fits quite well- I've never been comfortable with the touchy-feely stuff.

In fact, I almost never start a sentence with 'I feel that....'. I'm more of an 'I think that...' kinda person.

[DolphinRN84, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

In nursing school, that was actually one of my assignments- using the Myers Briggs. It came out to be INFJ. I took it again using the links that someone posted here, and i'm still an INFJ! "The Protectors" Funny nursing wasn't mentioned as a profession in this personality type...but MD....hmmm....

[eymilin]

Add another INFP to the nursing profession...

[br107]

INTJ. curious to know how the other INTJs like nursing, what areas they enjoy working, etc..

sidenote: last time i took this test, about 7 years ago i was whatever type is associated with the "guardian" personality type. i believe mother theresa was the person they used to characterize the type. but INTJ is definitely who i am today.

[nursingisworkRN]

ISFJ- add another "Nurturer" to the mix. I fit the profile to the t...kind of scary. However, I am glad to work with so many others who are not emotional...it makes for a nice balance and helps me focus on the task at hand when decisions and interventions need to be done stat.

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[purplemania, BSN, RN]

mccaeve: the author is Kiersey and he has his own website. I used his research when I wrote my thesis and learned that more than 60% of nurses who have taken his version of the test are Guardians. But when you break it down into the four subtypes it became apparent that we are guarding different things: people, materiel, policies----. His research has been ongoing for more than 20 years. I learned that we have similar dispositions as nurses, but our uniqueness is what makes the teamwork so effective. I was trying to prove that certain personalities tended to gravitate to specific areas of nursing, but was not able to do that in my small research.

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

ISFP!

[mccmaeve]

How interesting!!-I seem to struggle with my 'N' and "p"-in how i gather info, and how I provide info. What is 'obvious' to me as 'N', needs to be spelled out for my colleagues who are 'S'. forget the whole 'P' thing-I just try to leavve that at the door:-) Any advice??

[Testa Rosa, RN]

ENFP -- Pre nursing student, former sales rep, currently a stay-at-home mom. Can't remember what it all means and don't want to take the time right now....got to study for the TEAS & NET tests (smile)

[bren3299]

Extraverted (E) 86% Introverted (I) 14%

Intuitive (N) 77% Sensing (S) 23%

Feeling (F) 80% Thinking (T) 20%

Perceiving (P) 86% Judging (J) 14%

Surprised so many introverts in nursing. My numbers also make sense for me and are probably the reason I ended up becoming a clinical nursing instructor. I am supposed to be an "Inspirer".

Even as a floor nurse I was constantly trying to change the status quo.