The personality of emergency nurses: Is it unique?

Kennedy, Belinda; Curtis, Kate; Waters, Donna

doi:10.1016/j.aenj.2014.07.002

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“…Apparently, with the advent of medical technology, medical procedures performed by surgical nurses are increasingly complex, and mastering them can be a way to demonstrate one's competence. This, in turn, leads to a plea voiced by surgical nurses for recognition and for being treated as experts in their respective nursing areas (Kennedy et al, 2014b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The data were analysed from various theoretical and methodological viewpoints, which makes relevant comparisons almost impossible. The subsequent work by Kennedy, Curtis, and Waters (2014b), which analyses personality traits of Australian emergency nurses (n = 73) by means of the FFM model, is worth noting. However, the results obtained were compared to the data on the general population and not to the nurses of other specialties.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The whole therapeutic team is dominated by the physician, since he/she takes the decisions concerning the manner of medical treatment. The nurse, in turn, puts the guidelines of the physician into practice (Kennedy et al, 2014b), albeit maintaining autonomy in his/ her expertise. The clinical activity of surgical nurses consists in the application of certain procedures and courses of action and, to a lesser degree, in performing care-related activities focused on the patient.…”

Section: The Current Studymentioning

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Personality predictors of surgical specialties choice among students of nursing

Turska¹,

Skrzypek²,

Wrońska³

et al. 2017

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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Background Holland’s theory of congruence, according to which one’s career choice is an expression of personality traits common to a given profession, constitutes a theoretical background for this research. The construct of the Distinct Surgical Personality (DSP) is an exemplification of the idea of a congruent match between one’s personality and the requirements of the medical environment. In previous studies the authors revised their proposition concerning the DSP concept to include not only personality traits but also preferred values. This paper aims at verifying the proposition that this concept may also refer to students of nursing who select surgical specialties. Participants and procedure The study involved 163 students of nursing at the Medical University of Lublin aged 21-29 (M = 23.19, SD = 3.67). Students who opted for surgical specialities constituted the criterion group (N = 98). The study employed the Polish versions of the Personality Inventory NEO-FFI and the Schwartz Value Survey. Results There are two significant predictors of surgical specialties choice in nursing: a higher-level value of openness to change and extraversion. The tested model, which incorporates personality traits and preferred values, has proved congruent with the data, and allows for the proper classification of 79% of students who declared surgical specialties. Conclusions The results suggest the existence of a specific personality of surgical nurses. While clear adaptability to the specific environment has been determined, there are differences with respect to the concept of DSP, referring to doctors, widely discussed in the literature. In both cases these constructs look different, and are dependent on various types of professional activities within the therapeutic team.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Current Studymentioning

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Section: The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Personality predictors of surgical specialties choice among students of nursing

Turska¹,

Skrzypek²,

Wrońska³

et al. 2017

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…The JobMatchTalent recruitment instrument has been investigated in leadership estimation and correlational tests against other instruments, such as the NEO PI-R dimensions [12]. The NEO PI-R dimensions instrument selects markedly specific attributes; for example, in a study of emergency nurses, it was shown that this occupational category scored higher than population norms in the domains of Extraversion, Openness to experience and Agreeableness, and in twelve facets, that included excitement-seeking and competence [13]. The JobMatchTalent has been employed for over a decade to test more than 30,000 employees' occupational psychology attributes, of which over 9,000 individual-tests pertained to leadership positions, in each recording background details such as age and gender.…”

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Effect of Age upon Leadership Attributes from Recruitment Instrument: a Selective Developmental Trajectory

Archer¹,

Jansson²,

Olsen³

2015

Clin Exp Psychol

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This exploratory report presents the contents of a large data-base consisting of psychometric measurement of personality-related attributes of individuals who underwent the recruitment process by completing the JobMatchTalent instrument that was developed from principles of occupational psychology. On the basis of individuals', who applied for corporate or governmental leadership positions, responses, the correlations between applicants' age and personal attributes was obtained. Correlational and regression analyses were used to explore differences between younger and older potential executive participants. These indicated that younger leadership applicants enjoyed an advantage with regard to: "Focus-on-details", "Focus-on-order", "Own motivation", "Concentration", "Will-power", "Winner-instinct", "Visions-for-the-future", whereas older leadership applicants enjoyed an advantage with regard to: "Sphere-of-influence", "Tolerant attitude" and "Trust-in-others". The levels of stress-sensitivity, strategic focus, energy and communication, as expressed by younger and older recruitment applicants seeking executive positions, were comparable. At higher age levels, the leadership candidates expressed less focus on the tasks and less orientation towards their own ambitions but were rather more concerned with developing their staff, building relations and 'team-spirit'.

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“…Younger nurses had higher levels of Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance compared with older ones . Emergency nurses were higher in extraversion, agreeableness and openness to experience (Kennedy, Curtis, & Waters, 2014), traits appropriate for the rapid pace of work in an emergency department. However, these traits may become problematic for a nurse who strongly holds to a construct of caring demonstrated by having time with patients (Ellis, 2006).…”

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Investigating the motivation and personal traits of allied health professionals working in remote and rural Australia: the Remote and Rural Allied Health Motivation and Personality (RRAHMP) study

Campbell¹

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Background: Allied health (AH) workforce shortages in remote and rural Australia contribute to poorer health outcomes for residents in those areas. This gap in health workforce has long been recognised as problematic and persists despite strategies for improving recruitment and retention of AH professionals. This thesis reports on a new approach to addressing the recruitment to, and retention in, remote areas of AH professionals by investigating the personal traits and motivation characteristics of AH professionals with and without remote area work experience. Recent research has shown that the nursing and medical professions can be differentiated by personality traits, but little is known about the personality traits of AH professionals. Therefore, this research aimed to address that knowledge gap.The aim of the study was to identify the personality traits and motivation characteristics that might assist an individual to 'thrive' rather than 'survive' in the remote work environment. It Health achieved a sample size of 562 AH professionals, with full demographic data and a completed TCI. Dependent variables were the TCI dimensions, while independent variables were remote experience, gender, age, profession and grouping of the professions as either person-or technique-oriented. Analysis was descriptive of the whole sample and comparative between groups using independent samples t-test, ANOVA and subsequent two-way ANOVA with 95% confidence level.Strand 2 used Personal Construct Psychology's key technique, the repertory grid interview, to understand how AH professionals construed working in remote areas, in terms of the personal traits and motivation that contribute to success. Participants (n=34) were a purposively selected subset of Strand 1. The repertory grid interviews produced both iii qualitative and quantitative data. These were analysed qualitatively to identify the personal and motivation characteristics, and quantitatively using singular value decomposition and Euclidean distance to compare differences construed by participants between remote and other AH work situations. Results:The following key findings were determined from personality trait results, together with the repertory grid results: The AH professionals appear to have mature personality characteristics, i.e. high or very high levels of Reward Dependence, Persistence, Self-directedness and Cooperativeness. The AH professionals with remote experience had higher Novelty Seeking and average Harm Avoidance levels compared with AH professionals without remote experience. Younger AH professionals tended towards higher Harm Avoidance levels.

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The personality of emergency nurses: Is it unique?

Cited by 27 publications

References 19 publications

Personality predictors of surgical specialties choice among students of nursing

Personality predictors of surgical specialties choice among students of nursing

Effect of Age upon Leadership Attributes from Recruitment Instrument: a Selective Developmental Trajectory

Investigating the motivation and personal traits of allied health professionals working in remote and rural Australia: the Remote and Rural Allied Health Motivation and Personality (RRAHMP) study

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