What's your personality (any: MBTI, Big 5, StrengthsFinder) and how do you see your personality interfacing with nurse culture some day? For MBTI I would be an ENFP. Big 5, top characteristic is Openness. StrengthsFinder, top two traits are Adaptability and Ideation.
On the plus side, I'm very adaptable and extremely resourceful as well as enthusiastic about research leading to new practices. In every new situation, my head starts filling up with ideas. A possible negative could be making a lot of suggestions for improvement can become annoying to coworkers and management, although I would never have the audacity to make suggestions as a new nurse, FYI. I do realize you have to learn before you earn (respect). But yeah, I do notice sometimes people get that "oh, boy, here she comes" look on their face when I'm walking towards them with that "I have an idea!!" look on my face. So I think my main personality characteristic can be both a positive and a negative in practice some day. Since I am an F, though (in the Jungian sense), I do tend to be very receptive to people's feelings and value harmony even in conflict, so that can also be helpful. I hope.
Although I'm in psych, I am generally unconcerned with people's feelings knowing humans are resilient.
"Big picture" medicine is what I pursue.
I'm a fantastic administrator but not so great of a supervisor.
I can carry on a conversation with anyone, a learned trait, but I prefer to not talk. I'd treat patients by email if I could get away with it.
-ologies interest me more than practice. The tedium of research precludes me from such a career path. Success is uncelebrated.
Time is more valuable to money (although financial planning is a hobby) and the more of the former to pursue my very narrow range of interests is what I dub "a rich life."
My wife used to say my bachelor's apartment looked like a serial killer lived there - spotless and nothing personal.
You had me until the last sentence. My office always looks like a tornado has been through recently-- but I can always find anything I need whenever I need it. And my house is loaded with memorabilia, inherited furniture and other heirlooms, and books. And cats.
I love the idea of picking your specialty and employer. I was once in a training class and they asked us to tell the group what we would say to our bosses if we could. "Leave me alone and let me do my job" came blurting out of my mouth. Better that I work for myself. :)
I am a Med/surg nurse and have been in med surg for 4 years i loved the variety of pts and conditions i got to see and i loved interacting with pts and family members as well as coworkers. i am about to transition to being a Labor and Delivery RN and I AM VERY EXCITED about this ( its always been a interest since before nursing school). I am still trying to figure out were i fit in with a nursing specialty as i am planning on going back to school for a Masters degree and its been hard trying to pick a program i am debating between Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Adult Gerontology Primary Care.
Honestly for me its all in the doing. I find that if i think about what i want to do i come up with so many reason for and against and it leaves me stuck.
I am very interested in personalities in Nursing as i have recently forwarded the 16personality test to my whole nursing unit!
I would love some feed back specific to personality type and nursing specialties.
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I think of this pic whenever I hear Type A