Personality Type and Nursing

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If you don't want to read it all that's fine. Just take this test and post your four letters (the preference % isn't necessary but you can if you want) or just post your type if you already know it: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

You can read about your type here afterward. It's actually very fascinating stuff: http://www.typelogic.com/

I was just thinking about how much I'm struggling with nursing whereas before I've succeeded in every academic endeavor in which I invest my time and efforts. I operate from a very internal locus of control, so I'm not blaming my hardship on my personality type... but Nursing is inherently very structured... systematic... "real-world"...

So, while I made 99s in highschool, persisitent As and Bs in one of the most academically challenging private schools in this part of the US (with As and Bs often being 95+ and 85+)... I find myself at a loss... Making a D on my first nursing test (I was in the bottom three) and barely making a B on my second (pretty much average).

Anyway, I don't tell you that just to brag or something but to show the contrast between then and now. While I'm not considering changing my major (far too late for that) I have wondered to myself how much personality plays into it.

MBTI has two types dealing with how one organizes one's thoughts and approaches the world. The "s-type" or "sensing type." Sensors are very focused on the real world. They are naturally structured. The "n-type" or "intuitive type" are the creative individuals who might have a room that looks like a hurricane hit it, but can paint a mural like you've never seen.

I'm the creative type... I've done professional graphic design work.. I draw... I write music.. I write poetry... sing... I spend hours on nature photography... But my organizational skills can be crap, my room is notoriously messy, and my ability to memorize these endless assessment procedures is pretty low. I've found that almost all of my peers are s-types through talking with them and just figuring out how they operate.

It dawned on me that a large part of my particular level of difficulty with nursing is probably the very way my brain is wired!

So... what are you... S-type or N-type?

My type is actually very rare. I'm an INTJ.

You can read about it here: http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html

I wonder if N-type nurses are as rare as male nurses. I'm a murse by the way :p.

Specializes in Med-Surg.

INTJ here. People often misinterpret my tone of voice, also, or think I'm angry. The fact is, I'm rarely mad at anybody. If I am, you won't have to wonder.

I'm an artist and writer, too. I used to play the piano, but haven't for years. I should get back to it.

Here's what I think about myself and this personality type... I can do whatever I put my mind to. If I can't do it, I didn't want to bad enough. Simple as that. Not to say IQ, ability to handle stress, emotional maturity, fine motor and gross motor skills don't play a huge role in one's success at any task, but I will always believe I can do anything I really want to do, until I find out I can't. Then I move on to something else!

So, the personality test is just a test. It's not a box.

Specializes in Maternity & Well Baby Nursery.

your type is

[color=#d000a0]esfjbut i have tested before and i sometimes am isfj.

Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

Isfj

Specializes in pure and simple psych.

ENFJ. Wonder what that means?

Specializes in Paeds, Gen surg, Coronary Care, ED.

your type is

[color=#d000a0]esfp[color=#d000a0]extroverted[color=#d000a0]sensing[color=#d000a0]feeling[color=#d000a0]perceivingstrength of the preferences % [color=#d000a0]22[color=#d000a0]25[color=#d000a0]50[color=#d000a0]22

qualitative analysis of your type formula

you are:

  • slightly expressed extrovert
  • moderately expressed sensing personality
  • moderately expressed feeling personality
  • slightly expressed perceiving personality

maybe... i guess this is me

Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.
ENFJ. Wonder what that means?

http://www.typelogic.com/

Specializes in Paediatrics n more paediatrics,hahaha....
INTJ here also.

These personality sorters look at what your preferences are. Think of it like "handedness." You have 2 hands, but usually prefer to use one more than the other (e.g., left-handed). The tools for examining these preferences identify the general level of your particular preferences. It doesn't mean that you never use the other side of any particular preference. Everybody uses every aspect at one time or another. While each preference type has strengths, any strength taken to the extreme becomes a liability.

ALoha everyone...

the 1st INFP to write in.

I 1st took diz test when i jas started work as a licensed nurse. wen i got the results n read bout INFP's it only made me more depress! (I was depress enough b4 dat...workin far away from home, no pay for the first few months of work, while waitin for the paperwork to be settled! hd 2 cramp up wit 12 others gals in a two bedded low cost housing, no close friends around for support, frequent burstouts with my boyfriend who is away overseas n happens to be very stressed out at d'sametime, n also happens to be an INTJ - no offense, read on i'll explain)

I chose to forget bout the whole test coz it was pretty depressing considering i've been dating an INTJ for 8 years (fyi, INTJ's and INFP's can be the total extreme of each other!) and am in a career field dat's nt my 'natural hand' overall (it's very challenging as i hv 2often use the 'tools' dat r not my preference)...it really wasnt comforting at all!

Some might think it's useful, some think it's c**p...but i did learn one thing from it and it's VERY useful as what Works2xs explained. U cant control others but you have total control of yourself...so wen u realize how u 'normally' would act or wat you'd 'normally' do, feel, view things,think etc u'd b able to control n focus ur actions towards achievin wat u intend to do by utilizing or improvising ur 'natural hand'.

*If ur a left handed and forced into a situation where u have to learn to use ur right hand... u'd learn how to use it (even if it's hard at the beginning) but u wouldnt give up using ur left dominant hand when it is suitable to do so again.

Thanks Works2xs, now dat explaination about this personality thingy i can relate to and take to heart!

Specializes in MR Peds, geris, psych, DON,ADON,SSD.

Enfj

Specializes in LTC.

entj here.

Specializes in Ophthalmology ASC.

Enfj

ISTJ here

Specializes in Junior Year of BSN.

your type is

[color=#d000a0]estj[color=#d000a0]extroverted[color=#d000a0]sensing[color=#d000a0]thinking[color=#d000a0]judgingstrength of the preferences % [color=#d000a0]33[color=#d000a0]12[color=#d000a0]12[color=#d000a0]33

you are:

  • moderately expressed extrovert
  • slightly expressed sensing personality
  • slightly expressed thinking personality
  • moderately expressed judging personality

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