Does your facility put your credentials after your name on your badge?

SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN · Sep 15, 2009

my facility only puts your highest nursing or masters unrelated to nursing degrees. no certs or other degrees are listed. for example, if you are a ba in something other then nursing you have no degrees listed but if you have a mba then that will be listed. cen? no!

GilaRRT · Sep 15, 2009

My employer did this at one time as many of us had CEN, CCEMTP, and CFRN. Now, just our Primary title. I am all for people wearing titles, smoke em if you got em. However it's not a deal maker or breaker for me. I will wear them if given a chance; however. I really do not care that much either way.

jennjen512 · Sep 15, 2009

My facility only puts RN on there. Most of the nurses get around that by adding certification pins to the badge. I have 3 pins on mine right now-BSN, CCRN, and CMC. I am hoping to add CSC to it soon.

ohmeowzer RN, RN · Sep 15, 2009

my hospital does pt BSN on your badge if you want it... i choose just to have RN on mine...

Journey_On, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2009

When I went to have my ID badge made, there was a sign near the computer that said if you wanted to, you could add any credentials, certifications, etc. to your badge. A couple weeks after I started, I decided that I wanted to add my BSN to my badge, so I did.

I have seen people who have ACLS, TNCC, their master's degree (to name a few) added to their ID badges.

JStyles1 · Sep 15, 2009

I don't think acls, tncc, etc are necessary. I think bsn, msn, and specialty certifications like cen, ccrn, etc should be on there

kids · Sep 15, 2009

I'm just curious but why put all that on your badge?

99.9% of the population you encounter isn't going to know what the alphabet soup is after your name, all they are going to see and care about is the RN or LPN.

JStyles1 · Sep 15, 2009

I'm just curious but why put all that on your badge?
99.9% of the population you encounter isn't going to know what the alphabet soup is after your name, all they are going to see and care about is the RN or LPN.

All that? RN,BSN,CEN is enough to be considered "all that"? It shows I'm not some person that just sits back on a single license and becomes satisfied with it. Ive put forth the effort to obtain a good education and lots of training to become certified in a field.

siringe · Sep 15, 2009

My employer does have us identify if we are BSN versus ADN because they want to identify those credentials. It doesn't matter to me, yet I know some patients have asked and do care whether they are being taken care of someone with BSN or ADN. It's usually the patient who either works in healthcare or someone who has cared for their loved one and are picky about those type of things. I typically see certifications on badges of nurses who are working in a more advanced role in nursing, otherwise I see pins, stickers and some nurses even have uniforms that have their credentials on them.

rachelgeorgina · Sep 15, 2009

I agree with the poster who state that most patients aren't going to know a CEN from a bar of soap. In Australia (where you can simply be an RN who graduated with a bachelors or an EN with a diploma/certificate) we simply have RN/Registered Nurse or EN/Enrolled Nurse on our ID badges.

If you're a CNC, a CNS or a CNE and practicing as such, then that is what is going to be on your ID badge.

I'm pretty sure patients aren't going to give two shakes if you have a BA or another unrelated degree. To me, putting that on your ID is kind of showy. As for extra nursing credentials, it seems fairly superfluous to me. 1) No one except those in the industry know what they mean (and they're the people who care and are most likely to ask and 2) If you aren't practicing under that certification (e.g. if you have your MSN but are practicing within the scope of someone with a BSN) what's the relevance to your patients and your job?

HeartsOpenWide, RN · Sep 15, 2009

Mine does. They do certifications too. I am not sure if they will add my PHN when it goes through though since I am not really using it for a hospital position. My friend works for a major hospital and they don't. Don't see what they big deal is...you earned those letters!