Myers-Briggs Type

Nurses General Nursing

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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!

Specializes in Peds.

I came out as an ENFJ. Very close but not exact..... Interesting though.

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I'm an INFP, fits me really well. Is anyone else?

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I am INFJ. Spooky because it fits pretty well.

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Specializes in Urgent Care.

ENFP for me. It seems very true. And it sounds good for someone working to be a mental health nurse.

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Specializes in Level III cardiac/telemetry.

ISFJ here. I took the full test about 10 years ago when I was in an abnormal psych class and I think I was ISTJ at the time. According to this website, I'm in the right profession - I'm a nurturer.

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Specializes in Day Surgery/Infusion/ED.
Ok, I'd like to know if my fellow INTJ's share my troubles.

I really don't want to know too much about others feelings. I do and I don't. I want to know facts. Facts are superior to feelings. And logic rules. I only care about evidence, reason, and logic.

I'm not the unfeeling oof that I sound like either. I just have to remind myself to pay attention to, and validate other's feelings when I want to get to the facts of a matter and a logical solution.

I am on the border on INTJ and INFJ; just depends on how the questions are worded. I am very much an internal processer. I think before I speak...sometimes people get irritated and say, "Did you hear what I asked you?" I'm thinking, "Yeah, I heard you, and if you had half a brain you'd realize I was giving what you said careful consideration instead of knee-jerk answer." I like to think about things in the theoretical, depending on the situation. I do have maybe a little more empathy than a pure INTJ, that's what gets me on the fence. And I am very much a "gut feeling" person, even though I value data. I trust that niggling 6th sense that something isn't right. Every time I've ignored my gut I've regretted it when it comes to many aspects of life, including patient care.

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Istj

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hmmm

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Specializes in ICU/CCU/CVICU/ED/HS.

ISTJ....Not many of us around?

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Specializes in EMS, ortho/post-op.

INFP here, although it was ENFP the first time I took it as a teenager.

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Specializes in EMS, ortho/post-op.
I took the test before Nursing School, in 2003. I am an INFP. My N and P are off the charts!!! Funny you bring this up, because I was just lately wondering how it may apply to my work. The M-B explanation of my personality type made so much sense for me. Being new to nursing, I have begun to think I should re-read Please Understand Me, (The name of the author is escaping me; the book teaches you what to look for in your communication style and preference, and how to listen to types that are different from you). I will watch this thread closely, thanks for bring it up!!!

I'm an INFP and the NFP parts are really off the charts too. I have become more introverted since the last time I took the test as I used to be an E rather than an I.

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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.

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