Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

Many nurses and NPs love having lots of letters after their name. You don't see physicians do that because it is not professional to have your lower degrees listed. No one cares if you started off as an associate degree RN or as an LVN. It does not make you better than those that did not start the same way that you did.  

[chare]

FullGlass said:

I do not understand your comment. My example clearly stated:  [name], MSN, PMHNP [or whatever specialty ]...

Yes, but your profile here lists both your BSN and MSN; I think that's what she's referring to.

[FullGlass, BSN, MSN, NP]

chare said:

Yes, but your profile here lists both your BSN and MSN; I think that's what she's referring to.

Ah, good catch - I will fix that!

[FullGlass, BSN, MSN, NP]

chare said:

Yes, but your profile here lists both your BSN and MSN; I think that's what she's referring to.

Ahh.  The Allnurses profile asks the user to check off all their degrees and that is what populates the profile name, so I'm not going to change that.  

However, when I sign my name, I only write:

fullglass, MSN, PMHNP

That is also what is on my resume heading.