Biographical Data,Personality,and Vocational Interests of Family Nurse Practitioners

Abstract

This report suggests that family nurse practitioners who are successful in practice may not have unique biographical, vocational, or personality profiles. The results for 63 family nurse practitioners, including 3 males, on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, the Omnibus Personality Inventory, and Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire, indicate this group was most similar to the general population. The results of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator did show clusters in some types. The study suggests that descriptive studies in themselves may not be useful in predicting success but that the use of personality tests to measure the variables at work in practitioner-patient interaction may be a more fertile research area.