Advice needed on Personality 'Fit' to Specialty Choice

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I'm a Nursing Student, RN via Assoc Degree, will graduate 2006...I've wondered if there's a 'personality' test that helps show you what field of nursing would best suit a person. I would appreciate advice from experienced RN's about what Personality fits what specialty in their opinion. Reba

Specializes in Correctional Nursing, Geriatrics.

The test was neat. It rated Pathology as the #1 area for me...which is exactly the area I am interested in pursuing once I get my BSN! I am currently in correctional nursing, which I like very much, but I am intersted in becoming a nurse medical examiner. :)

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

The top 13 results i got ended in "surgery" LOL.

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Specializes in Cardiac.
wow that was interesting. My number one was radiology. lol. I'm in Peds and Peds was listed 34th. uhoh

Yeah, it listed cardiology as #20 for me.....

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These are my results...

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occupational med, spacer.gifrheumatology,spacer.gifplastic surgery,spacer.gifphysical med & rehabilitation, radiation oncology, hematology, nephrology, med oncology, spacer.gifinfectious disease, anesthesiology, pediatrics, thoracic surgery, spacer.gifgeneral surgery,spacer.gifobstetrics/gynecology, nuclear med, spacer.gifneurosurgery, spacer.gifpsychiatry, pathology,spacer.gifdermatology, colon & rectal surgery, general internal med, gastroenterology, otolaryngology, spacer.giforthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology, preventive med, urology, pulmonology, spacer.gifneurology, family practice, spacer.gifemergency med, endocrinology, allergy & immunology, aerospace med,spacer.gifradiology, cardiology.

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pretty cool test. was it me or does it ask the same question a bunch of times?

Jim

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Specializes in CCRN, CEN.

I got 1.ER 2. Gen Surgery 3. Peds

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Specializes in Tele/ICU/MedSurg/Peds/SubAcute/LTC/Alz.

I was in Labor and Delivery right after graduation. It was a great experience, but the commute was too long. Found myself in an Alhiezmer's unit, in Long Term Care. Sometime I work on the Sub-Acute unit. The commute is shorter. I actually thought I would dread it, but it actually is working out well. I am obtaining more skills than the LDRP unit.

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The top 13 results i got ended in "surgery" LOL.

Me too I says surgery for 1-10 scary been there done that. Emergency med is where I am and where I want to be and it ranked 41st wonder what were the right answers for that.

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weird test.. took it and it was pretty equal on all specialties. The two highest were internal med and immunology.. Med surg will be good to start off at.

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I took this little personality test to see where I might "fit in" best as far as nursing goes. It's actually on a med school website, but it works for nursing as well. I wasn't surprised with my answers, actually...lol...especially when I saw that the last on the list was OB/GYN. I don't care where your fundus is or how boggy your uterus is...teehee!!! :chuckle Give me a patient on a vent and drips anyday over a woman in labor. Babies are cool but I don't care much for the mommy part of it. :uhoh21:

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/specialties/

Melanie :p

I'm with you! They put ob/gyn as one,but they redeemed themselves with number 2 being ER

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Neat! I'll have to take it on my break. I'm curious.:lol2:

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

Hmmm, interesting that for me, all of the "surgery" specialties were at the bottom. =) And my number one interest, psychiatry, was number 2.

I'm all thumbs and have NO interest in surgery. Totally not "mechanically inclined".

Interestingly though, radiology was number one. Probably because I love to problem solve, perhaps?

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