Hi Everyone..I thought it would be fun if we took the Myers-Brigg personality test and shared with everyone what our specialty is or what we hope to do (if not yet a nurse or want to change jobs). If you're confused maybe this can help. For example...as an INFP (introverted, intuitive,feeling, peceiving) I would be more suited to work in mental health, public health or oncology. I would not work out so well in the ER, OR or medical surgical. I knew all this but the description just makes me more confident that my intuition about myself was probably right on. HERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING LINK TO CHECK OUT INFO ABOUT YOUR TYPE!!!! :)
I think it helps to get some insight to your natural temparament and to keep it in mind in choosing your work setting. I know it's not the end all and be all but it's a tool that can be used and it could be helpful. I hope others find this at least a little hepful.
I posted this before but it was moved to the breakroom so maybe this time it wll get a better response. I love this forum..you guys are great!
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i'm not quite sure what area i should go into, i am not a nurse yet. we'll see what comes though.
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i work with geriatrics in primary care. i find myself bored much of the time and frustrated by what i percieve to be "lack of progress" in clinical situations. i can be impatient. i do love finding solutions, crunching numbers (and i hate math! weird), educating, encouraging learning and helping patients become more autonomous. i'm always looking for the next challenge, and presently running out of challenges.
i redid this test as i had previously done it last time i came out as enfj
a giver that one didnt sound much like me.
the most recent one came out
your type is
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after reading it this one closely matches my personality almost too spooky very very accurate. says im a protector. way cool and infjs are rare apparently
what are infj suited to because im going into mental health i hope it thr right choice
Mine was Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeling, Perceiving
I'll be graduating in May, 2007 with my ADN and am interested in ED, Cricital Care, L&D, NICU or psych. I'm so lost as to where to go. I've been offered jobs in psych at a state mental hospital with a forensics unit and L&D and I need to apply this month or I'll miss out.
I did an externship this past summer in L&D and did absolutely LOVE it and I got to spend limited time in the NICU and fell in love, so does that mean it's my destiny? I am doing a part-time tech job in the same department right now and get cancelled more than I work because the census is down (I see alot of nurses get cancelled too). But, they're opening a new post-partum wing in the Spring as I graduate they say they'll be able to schedule more C-sections that way. I have seen some moms go longer than they should've in their pregnancies, but I'm not sure that lack of beds was the issue.
Or is it psych where I feel so much compassion and need to help those lost soles I've seen during my very short clinical rotation (There is also much mental illness/addiction in my immediate family and I suffer from ADHD, addictive personality (compulsive overeating) and depression). I've always been fascinated by the criminal mind and wanted to work in forensics.
My concern is that I am 40 years old and feel that I'll be stuck in my first specialty for the rest of my nursing career because I've heard it's not easy to transition from maternity to other specialties. Can I work in L&D and get some sort of psych certification to help those mothers who are delivering babies and also dealing with their own mental illness?
br107
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another INTJ here.