A survey of personality characteristics of nures in different hospitals

VernacularTitle:不同类型医院环境中护理人员人格特征的比较
Author: Ling WANG ¹ ; Xiao-Xia NIU
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1. 解放军第302医院
Keywords: Personality assessment; Nurses; Local hospital; Military hospital
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2009;15(9):811-813
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To know about personality characteristics of nurses in different types of hospitals. Methods 43 nurses in local hospitals and 43 nurses in military hospitals, both of them are graduated from local university, were selected by sampling randomly and were investigated by 16PF personality factors questionnaire. Results The scores were higher among nurses in military hospitals in terms of congregation, stability, persistence, excitability, constancy and self-control, while those were higher in local hospitals in respect of doubt, fancy, sophisticate, creativity and independence. Conclusions The type of hospital has some influence on the formation of personality characters of. Nurses.