Hello I am taking a pole

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

if you give in to others negativity then they WIN!... ignore the bad spelling remark because that poster can't spell very well EITHER...

Agree with the first comment... but didn't see the negativity... saw it as constructive. And it even has been clarified as such.

Not with the second. We all should try to spell well... no matter if we make mistakes at times.

purplemania, BSN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

I never look at the names.

BTW: The word is "poll" for voting and "pole" for a big stick.

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

... note to self....please let everything be spelled correctly

Hahahaha!

TinyNurse, RN · Dec 15, 2005

it's actually illegal to use

RN behind your name if you haven't passed your boards and earned the title.

Jen

Someday-C.R.N.A. · Dec 15, 2005

Great, now I have to think of a new name. :rolleyes:

Don't wanna get tossed in da klink :)

sjt9721, BSN, RN · Dec 15, 2005

...I saw the subject line and thought it was a thread about a particular type of dance...

:rotfl:

blueyesue · Dec 15, 2005

pole- like a tent pole, fishing pole, a long cylnidrical object
poll- asking people for thier thoughts
I am sorry for correcting you, but spelling is my pet peeve because it is so easy to spell correctly.

cylindrical. I know what you mean. Darn those people. grrrr. :)

Katnip, RN · Dec 15, 2005

Great, now I have to think of a new name.
Don't wanna get tossed in da klink :)

Yours says Someday. Means you're working on it, like saying Future CRNA. I never took yours to mean that you currently carry the credentials.

When I first started here I was a student and was going to do something like student RN, or Future Rn or something. But then I'd have had to change my user name after I passed the NCLEX.

QuilterLPN · Dec 15, 2005

ROFLOL! See, now I was thinking of the North Pole!

Personally, I am a RN, but I have LPN in my username. I started posting on Allnurses when I was a LPN, now that I have my RN - I just haven't updated my username or profile..... Add that to the 'to do' list....

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 15, 2005

" I just had something negatively said to me..."
LPN's and RN's are increasingly frustrated with people in public arena and on bulletin boards trying to pass themselves off as nurses when they don't hold a license or credentials CRNA, BSN. CCRN, NP, etc.
Recent Gallop pole shows public trusts nurses more than other professions....we work hard to keep the public's trust.
Over the past year as more signups occurred, it was brought to our attention large # people especially students signing up as RN and CRNA so we redesigned our sign up page mid 2005.
:imbar Since your member date is Jan 2004, this was not a bold statement....and we realized many persons didn't follow this guideline. Additionally, allnurses.com is searchable via google, yahoo etc and we wanted nursing info members shared to be truly coming from licensed professionals.
Anyone can request a name change via message in site feedback section. Please feel free to inform us of any student listing RN as user name and we will contact them: RN2be , RN96 is acceptable.

Karen said it. Please abide by TOS. And if you have a dispute, please take this up with the moderator team by PM. Thank you!

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 15, 2005

SomedayCNRA seems ok to me., It indicates you will someday be a CNRA not one now.

prmenrs, RN · Dec 15, 2005

I agree about "someday-CRNA"; that's fine. Any time someone graduates and passes their boards, we'll change their name happily! Just put it in the "feedback" forum, or pm an administrator (NRSKarenRN, Nurse Ratched, efiebke, brian....), give some alternative name choices in case your first choice is taken, and they'll take care of it.

Ain't no big thing! Really!