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A good friend of mine graduated last year with her ADN. I am so proud of her! All through school she would send me emails and sign Shelly SN. After passing the boards her emails changed to Love, Shelly RN. I also noticed a few times when I have called her cell phone or house phone she answers "Good [time of day], this is Michelle RN speaking". It is too funny to me! Well, today she wrote me a check to repay a loan and on the bottom was...you guessed it... Michelle XXXXXXX RN. I pointed it out and she saw, "Wow, I think I always do that!" So, my question for you is, are another Shelly, RN? :rolleyes:

*Shel, if you are reading this...I told you I would post it!!!:rotfl: )

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There have been times when I head to the store after work and write a check and find myself adding the RN after my name when I sign the check. Usually I notice it before I completely finish writing it.

It is a habit . . you've been writing RN all day . . . . no big deal.

steph :)

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Hmm.....medical doctors sign their name MD everywhere. Why not RN? :D

Z

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I would sooo sign my checks RN. I'll be so proud of my new title, I'll sign it everywhere! I mentioned this to a friend and she said she would think that was dumb, but couldn't really say why.

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oh, yeah...do it all the time. :D the first 6 months after i passed the nclex, it was such a high to even sign those two little initials, i was giddy! then, when i signed the deed to my new house, i signed rn!! :smackingf my mom laughed so hard, she fell out of her chair. oh, well...i'm proud of my accomplishment, and i'm not going to begrudge myself. :yeah:

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Hmm.....medical doctors sign their name MD everywhere. Why not RN? :D

Z

:rotfl: I agree....

When I'm done I'll proudly sign "RN"!!

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A good friend of mine graduated last year with her ADN. I am so proud of her! All through school she would send me emails and sign Shelly SN. After passing the boards her emails changed to Love, Shelly RN. I also noticed a few times when I have called her cell phone or house phone she answers "Good [time of day], this is Michelle RN speaking". It is too funny to me! Well, today she wrote me a check to repay a loan and on the bottom was...you guessed it... Michelle XXXXXXX RN. I pointed it out and she saw, "Wow, I think I always do that!" So, my question for you is, are another Shelly, RN? :rolleyes:

*Shel, if you are reading this...I told you I would post it!!!:rotfl: )

She answers the phone that way? ..... I would never.... lol Well, shes proud, and the way she shows it is probably evident in everything she does... I dont write my title ( except sometimes out of habit) after my name unless it is on a legal document of a patient. I dont even sign HR papers with RN, I dunno..... its just me..... I also let other health professionals that I sometimes see ramble on about mundane, simple medical instructions/ education, and my husband asks me... "Why dont you just tell then your a nurse,and you know all this, so they will stop?" I say I just dont feel comfortable, like I would sound pompous, or something..........everybodys different.

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Just don't be like *some* nurses who have to let EVERYONE know they are a nurse. We admitted my father-in-law to a nursing center and the nurses were talking to us like we had no earthly idea what "continent" meant. It was kind of humorous to listen to them so carefully explain why grandpa was taking blood pressure medicine and baby aspirin, and what enteric coated meant.

I could have boasted that I'm a nurse, and on top of that I could have said to the LPN that I would be an RN within a matter of a couple of months. But I just smiled politely and nodded my head. I'm sure to look at me they think I'm a big fat slob cleaning lady, lol. But one day I will nonchalantly walk in wearing my RN name tag and nursing uniform....maybe it is childish but I can't resist :)

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Just don't be like *some* nurses who have to let EVERYONE know they are a nurse. We admitted my father-in-law to a nursing center and the nurses were talking to us like we had no earthly idea what "continent" meant. It was kind of humorous to listen to them so carefully explain why grandpa was taking blood pressure medicine and baby aspirin, and what enteric coated meant.

I could have boasted that I'm a nurse, and on top of that I could have said to the LPN that I would be an RN within a matter of a couple of months. But I just smiled politely and nodded my head. I'm sure to look at me they think I'm a big fat slob cleaning lady, lol. But one day I will nonchalantly walk in wearing my RN name tag and nursing uniform....maybe it is childish but I can't resist :)

That'll be so cool! Let us know the reaction... :rotfl:

Z

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I used to work in retail and one of our regular customers had RN added to her name at the top of her checks because she always signed her name that way due to habit. Some places I've heard of won't accept checks if the signed name doesn't match the printed name.

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Just don't be like *some* nurses who have to let EVERYONE know they are a nurse. We admitted my father-in-law to a nursing center and the nurses were talking to us like we had no earthly idea what "continent" meant. It was kind of humorous to listen to them so carefully explain why grandpa was taking blood pressure medicine and baby aspirin, and what enteric coated meant.

I could have boasted that I'm a nurse, and on top of that I could have said to the LPN that I would be an RN within a matter of a couple of months. But I just smiled politely and nodded my head. I'm sure to look at me they think I'm a big fat slob cleaning lady, lol. But one day I will nonchalantly walk in wearing my RN name tag and nursing uniform....maybe it is childish but I can't resist :)

I'm actually grateful to get the patient teaching and have unfortunately found that when nurses find out you also are a nurse, they assume you know everything. This is a mistake in my opinion.

When I had my last child almost 4 years ago, I was pretty much left alone after an emergency cesarean to cope with breastfeeding and ambulation and any other teaching that post-op moms get. "oh she's a nurse, she knows what to do".

Also, if you take a family member in for care and they don't teach because they assume you are a nurse so you will do it, there are not being good nurses. It isn't fair to expect a family member to do the patient teaching that needs to be done, just because the family member is a nurse. It sounds like your grandpa got very good patient teaching from the nurse.

I think it would be kinda meanspirited to walk into a room later with your "RN" shining to make a nurse who was just doing her job feel bad.

steph

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I think it would be kinda meanspirited to walk into a room later with your "RN" shining to make a nurse who was just doing her job feel bad.

steph

Pleeease...groan...:rolleyes:

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