What is your MYERS BRIGGS personality, and what area of nursing are you going into?

radicalsenseofhope · Apr 14, 2011

Another INFJ chiming in here. I'm a pre-nursing student (hopeful BSN at Wright State starting Fall 2012) and I think I might be interested in hospice, ICU, oncology, l&d, psych/mental health, or home health. I'm very very interested in nutrition, digestion, and preventative health as well. I also really love working with the elderly population but I've heard so many staffing issues in LTCs that I shy away from that although as a new grad that is probably where I'll end up cause that is where the jobs are, LOL. I also like working with autistic kids and adults. I'm interested in perhaps one day becoming a Nurse Practitioner and opening a clinic to help people with autism, chronic health issues like autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, metabolic syndrome, etc.

I've always been fascinated by personality tests and find that the INFJ descriptions are usually pretty accurate for me. Although nursing is almost never listed as an INFJ career and that worries me, LOL! There always seem to be a lot of INFJs who respond to these personality question threads when they go around though, so we are obviously drawn to nursing. I wonder why it is never on the typical INFJ career lists?

Bobbkat · Apr 14, 2011

I'm an RN, not a pre-nursing student, but I've been browsing the forums. I'm an ENFP, NICU nurse. Our unit is big, with so many nurses that we definately run the gamut on personality types.

CNM2B201? · Apr 14, 2011

I'm an ENFJ and it doesnt list nursing for me ...Physician is the only Health Career listed for me... it also has psychology/counseling/teaching/social work

I'm interested in the OR,peds, women's health, NP focusing on women's health and working with infertility patients.

phatso · Apr 14, 2011

INTJ. Interested in ICU, ER, psych, med-surg

SMOKEY2112 · Apr 16, 2011

How to you find out what jobs or what area of nursing you should go into based upon your personality? I'm an ESTP. I'm going to be a nursing student in the fall...not sure what yet. I guess it depends on what program I get into..but it could be LPN, ASN, or ASBN. I'm interested in Corrections actually, psych, or forensic nursing.

OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN · Apr 16, 2011

ENFJ

It seems to fit pretty well for me. I'm not sure where I would like to work but I'm interested in psych, community, or womans health.

metal_m0nk, BSN, RN · Apr 16, 2011

Also an INTJ.

See above for specialty interests.

purplesteth · Apr 29, 2011

I'm INTJ. It's exact for me. I won't work where I have to be in contact with the same patient for long periods of time. I guess I don't care enough, LOL.

That made me laugh... 'cos it's EXACTLY how I feel!!!! :lol2: I did the test about a decade ago and was an INFP... now I've discovered I'm an INFJ... :redpinkhe

Some of the areas that appeal to me... ICU, OR, ER.... or maybe oncology... :confused: confused, me??

God knows where I'm going to fit in in the grand scale of things... but I'm pretty excited whatever. Bring it ON!!!

Tiera · Apr 29, 2011

INFJ..... It def describes me.

I would like to go into L&D,NICU, or PICU! It said I should be a Couselor, and I enjoy helping others. Thats Me! :nurse:

mariposabella · Apr 29, 2011

INFJ Im interested in peds, neonatal, labor/delivery. Im on this website and it said that a great career for me would be a Holistic health practitioner and a writer. Which right now Im writing a novel. I notice quite a few of us on here are introverts.

kjbdownie · May 2, 2011

INFJ for me too :-) Still pre-nursing so no real idea about what I will like once I start doing clinicals and such, but I am thinking peds or neonatal or newborn nursery (though i think that comes along with L&D, which I don't think is my thing.)

oklahomagal · May 2, 2011

ESTP yes it definitely describes me!! I am going for my ADN. I have already concentrated my life into the area of helping moms and babies for many years. I am ready to move into something more active, say the ER :-)