New research shows emergency department nurses are far
more extroverted, agreeable and open than the general population. And
researchers believe it’s those specific personality traits that enable nurses to
thrive in the demanding, fast-paced and stressful ED environment.University of Sydney researchers studied the personalities of 72 emergency nurses working at a large metropolitan Australian ED between July and October 2012. Belinda Kennedy, one of the authors of the published article in the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, said; "it takes a particular type of person to perform in an ED," and "personality assessment and an understanding of its influence on specialty selection could work to improve the process of attracting and retaining emergency nurses"
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