TY - JOUR AU - Kennedy, Belinda AU - Curtis, Kate AU - Waters, Donna PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/28 TI - Is there a relationship between personality and choice of nursing specialty: an integrative literature review JO - BMC Nursing SP - 40 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Personality is deemed to play a part in an individual’s choice of work, with individuals’ preferencing a profession or field of work that will satisfy their personal needs. There is limited research exploring the personality characteristics of nurses within clearly defined nursing specialty areas. Retaining nurses within specialty areas has workforce implications when vacancies are unable to be filled by appropriately experienced staff. SN - 1472-6955 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-014-0040-z DO - 10.1186/s12912-014-0040-z ID - Kennedy2014 ER -