Investigate the relationship between personality types with the ability to problem-solving nurse managers, social security hospital in Zahedan city

Each of nurse managers have their own character and particular personality type that this can be a great impact on how they deal with the issue.
Goal: this study aimed to investigate the relationship between personality types and ability of problem solving in nurse managers at social security hospital in Zahedan city. This study was a descriptive correlation study on nursing managers of social security hospital, Zahedan city. Sampling method was continued and 36 samples were selected. Data were collected by two questionnaires, Myers-Briggs personality type made at 1962 with ./83 validity and ./90 reliability and the problem solving questionaire of Heppner made at 1982 with ./89 validity and ./88 reliability. Analysis was performed by using SPSS software. The results showed that the most frequent sensory extraverted personality types of conceptual thinker and thoughtful judgment of eccentric vision(150/667±11/9304)and lowest frequencies of Emotional insight extraverted types, introverts sensory perceptual judgment was thoughtful and introspective vision(170/000±0/0000) The relationship between problem-solving ability and personality types was significantly (P = 0.021), those with sensory extraverted personality type was emotional judgment, most people with problem-solving ability and personality were introverts, intuitive judgment, from the lowest to solve had a problem. The relationship between personality type and problem-solving ability of nursing managers, need to examine individuals before their appointment to managerial posts is proposed