Help! How do I sign my name??

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Hello. I am a new RN. I have one degree a BS, and then I just got my BSN. How do I sign my name?? My hubby is buying me a scrub jacket with my name on it for Christmas and I want to make sure I have it right. :redpinkhe So would it be my name then RN, BS, BSN?? I got the BS first-- I did study the sciences with a concentration in Pre Med, so I do want to list the first BS degree as well as my nursing degree.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Transplant, Education.

I sign all documentation K Lastname, RN. I have my BSN and I don't feel it necessary to list my degree. Licensure is all that matters when doing documentation...my degree belongs on my resume.

I agree with others that your previous BS is not relevent, and should not be listed on a scrub jacket. I also agree to be prepared for eye rolling should you list BSN, RN on your scrub jacket. I personally don't find it necessary, but you should do whatever feels right.

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I have my BSN as well, but to be honest I sign my name to so many things that I don't have time to scratch out those extra 3 letters. I just sign J. Super RN. Much quicker!

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I would just go with RN if you want friends at your job. You dont want to go over the top.

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Specializes in Emergency, Critical Care (CEN, CCRN).

I'm a second degree BSN too. My lab coat (which I only wear at our teaching lab, where such things are emphasized) says (murphyle), RN, BSN. That's the style all my school's instructors use. If an instructor has a higher ranked degree, the style becomes (name), RN, (degree) - for example, Jane Professor, RN, PhD or Nancy Instructor, RN, MSN, or whatever.

At the hospital, though, my signature is (murphyle), RN, (employee ID #). I do not put any degree on my scrubs or anyplace else - I wear the same "RN" badge as every other nurse. 80% of us in this unit are BSNs, and probably about half the unit are multiply degreed, so it's just pedantry at that point, in my opinion. Besides, your patient couldn't possibly care less what other degrees you have, and in the end that's whose opinion matters. If you're in academia, list 'em all, but in patient care all you need is the RN.

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personally, if i saw a nurse wearing a jacket with a list of her degrees i would feel like she was either showing off, or she was using credentials to prove herself.

anyone now-a-days can get a degree. before you were an rn, did you sign your name "first last, bs"? i'm guessing not... pretty silly, so why would you add it to your nursing title? you have your nursing license, and that's all you have to prove!

thus, i would sign: "first last, rn" and leave out all the other "initials"

when i got my rn several other lpn's were paid one day a week off for a year. i wasn't because i got a bsn instead of an ad. so i paid for my degree. every dime of it. so i do put bsn on my name tag. let anyone think what they want to.

i don't put my last name only initial becasue we had a prisoner find a nurse's home number and stalked her for quite awhile.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I don't see anything wrong with including BSN in your title. I haven't heard of anyone who was talked about because of it. Seeing these nurses with titles such as Nancy Nurse, RN, BSN, CRNP, LNC, APN, LNC are ridiculous.

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Specializes in CIC, CVICU, MSICU, NeuroICU.

I also have a BS in biology in addition to my nursing degree. I also have CCRN, CMC and CSC. Technically I could sign Jake S. BS, RN CCRN-CMC-CSC. But I only sign Jake. S RN

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Specializes in Correctional and MRDD.

Your name RN, BSN

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.

On your lab coat, you should absolutely list your name BSN, RN and I wouldn't care who rolled their eyes or thought it was pretentious. Good grief.

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anyone now-a-days can get a degree. before you were an rn, did you sign your name "first last, bs"?

that's funny! :lol2:

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before you were an rn, did you sign your name "first last, bs"? i'm guessing not...

haha:yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician.
Actually, it should be Nancy Nurse BSN, RN because the BSN can not be taken away.

Any degree can be taken away if academic dishonesty or other major problems can be proven to have taken place during the time of study, even if the degree has already been awarded. It's done rarely, but it can be done.

We were taught that the proper way to sign is Nancy Nurse RN, BScN. Registered Nurse is an official legal title, so it is to go first. Professing to be an RN when one is not is punishable here by 6 months in jail and/or a fine.

On the other hand, BScN is not a legal title but rather an indication of level of education, so it goes second. All nurses I know, regardless of when they earned their degree, sign Nancy Nurse, RN, BScN.

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