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VOL. 11, ISSUE 8 (2024)
The nurse persona: A 16PF profiling approach for mental health program development
Authors
July Anne Gahisan MAGC, Michelle Cuevas MAGC, Hannah Dapin MAGC, Evangeline Aguilan
Abstract
Nursing is a challenging and pivotal profession in healthcare. As a
result, nurses’ mental health is essential not only for their welfare but also
for the quality of care they provide and the overall efficiency of the
healthcare system. To address this issue, a personality profiling of employed
nurses was conducted using the 16-personality factor questionnaire. The respondents
were 32 percent male and 65 percent female nurses in a public hospital,
selected through a structured random sampling technique. The statistical tools
employed for analysis are percentage computation, mean distribution, Pearson
correlation coefficient, and T-test. The dominant primary personality traits of
the respondents were rule consciousness, emotional stability, perfectionism,
privateness, vigilance, and warmth. On the other hand, they scored a low
average for tension and average but not dominant personalities for liveliness,
self-reliance, dominance, sensitivity, abstractedness, and social boldness.
These dominant personality factors reflect the positive personality of the
nurses; however, some factors like vigilance and privateness contribute to
burnout, stress, and anxiety, along with other work-related factors. At the
same time, there is a need to improve on other non-dominant personalities.
Moreover, there was a significant relationship between personality and gender,
indicating a strong to near-perfect correlation. However, there was no
significant difference between the genders of male and female nurses and their
personality profiles. Hence, nurses’ personality profiles are remarkably
similar, irrespective of their gender. Therefore, the well-being and mental
health programs employed to nurses and other health practitioners may be
similar, irrespective of gender. At the same time, personality profiling using
the 16PF may serve as a valuable tool for profiling employed nurses and
maximizing their contribution to the well-being and mental health of
professionals, ultimately contributing to the delivery of quality patient
services.
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Pages:85-89
How to cite this article:
July Anne Gahisan MAGC, Michelle Cuevas MAGC, Hannah Dapin MAGC, Evangeline Aguilan "The nurse persona: A 16PF profiling approach for mental health program development". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 11, Issue 8, 2024, Pages 85-89
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