We surveyed 73 acute care nurse practitioners to learn what personality traits and interests make them unique. Here are the results.


Holland Codes

Acute care nurse practitioners are investigative and social

Acute care nurse practitioners tend to be predominantly investigative individuals, which means that they are quite inquisitive and curious people that often like to spend time alone with their thoughts. They also tend to be social, meaning that they thrive in situations where they can interact with, persuade, or help people.

If you are one or both of these archetypes, you may be well suited to be an acute care nurse practitioner. However, if you are artistic, this is probably not a good career for you. Unsure of where you fit in? Take the career test now.

Here’s how the Holland codes of the average acute care nurse practitioner break down:


Big Five

The top personality traits of acute care nurse practitioners are openness and extraversion

Acute care nurse practitioners score highly on openness, which means they are usually curious, imaginative, and value variety. They also tend to be high on the measure of extraversion, meaning that they rely on external stimuli to be happy, such as people or exciting surroundings.

Once again, let’s break down the components of the personality of an average acute care nurse practitioner: