Do You Go By First Or Last Name At Work?

[Serendipity, PCT]

Just curious to know. Let's get a census going

[fuzzywuzzy, CNA]

First name.

[juliaann]

First. We only have our first names on our badges (well, except the docs).

[CoffeemateCNA]

First.

I think it's extremely disrespectful for people to call me by my last name alone.

I'm not in the armed forces, I'm in a nursing home (although they do feel one in the same sometimes!).

I also have my last name on my badge covered up for privacy (we get our fair share of psychos -- both patients AND families) but most of my coworkers know what it is anyways.

[llg, PhD, RN]

First name. Just about everybody in my hospital goes by their first names -- including many administrators and physicians.

[LaterAlligator]

First. That's the only one that's displayed on my nametag, and I prefer it that way. I wouldn't want to be called by just my last name, and I'd feel strange having people call me "Mrs. X", especially people old enough to be my grandparents.

[futurenurseheather]

Last. there are three other CNAs named Heather besides me.

[ctmed]

First.

Only old school nurses go by last name, and usually only when answering the phone to doctors.

[KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN]

I notice that some of the CNA's and nurses from other cultures refer to each other(and to patients) by their last name. I don't like it though..maybe b/c I don't like my last name lol. So yea I wouldn't be happy if someone constantly referred to me by it. I know in cases @ work where there are two people with the same first name, they refer to them by their first name & first initial of their last name. Like "Ashley A." and "Ashley B." for example.

[juliaann]

(and to patients) by their last name.

Oh, I always refer to patients by their last name! In their presence I call them "Mr. X" or "Ms. X." At the nurses' station I refer to them as "X in room ###." Occasionally someone will ask me to use their first name so I try to respect that and do so, but I forget a lot. Habit....

[sharpeimom]

first. before i became disabled, i worked in a state mental hospital. we all had only our first names engraved on our badges, including the medical staff. as a staff nurse, i had rn kathy on my badge, and later, supervisor kathy rn. medical staff had dr. john (or whomever) on theirs. physicians badges were different colors depending upon their rank.

[KimberlyRN89, BSN, RN]

Oh, I always refer to patients by their last name! In their presence I call them "Mr. X" or "Ms. X." At the nurses' station I refer to them as "X in room ###." Occasionally someone will ask me to use their first name so I try to respect that and do so, but I forget a lot. Habit....

I do that too but really I meant they refer to them as "Smith" or "Jones"..No "Mr. Smith" or "Mrs. Jones" lol.