How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

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Nurses, How do you feel on displaying certification credentials on your badge or nurses who displays them on their id/work badge? I am proud of them because they were a lot of hard work and time but I also do not want to seem like a show-off.

On 9/22/2019 at 8:23 AM, Jedrnurse said:

Not to put too fine a point on it, but level of educational attainment and level of expertise are not the same thing...

I do not think that is what I said or my connotation, but okay fellow nurse. Thanks for your input. Take care!

Kindly,

Divine-LPN, BSN

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On 9/21/2019 at 11:16 PM, silverbat said:

Just curious— with the BSN, are you now an RN?

No, I am a Licensed Practical Nurse. I feel satisfied with my nursing license. Thanks!

Kindly,

Divine-LPN, BSN

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On 9/13/2019 at 5:46 AM, Salisburysteak said:

I do have a question. Since you have a BSN, why aren’t you an RN? Why have a degree that you really cannot use. Your scope as an LPN is limited. I do not know if that question has been asked and answered. I just cannot wrap my head around someone who would work there butt off getting a BSN and NOT take the NCLEX-RN. I believe it may hurt you in the long run. That is just my observation.

It has not so far, but thanks!

Kindly,

Divine-LPN, BSN

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14 hours ago, Divine-LPN,BSN said:

I do not think that is what I said or my connotation, but okay fellow nurse. Thanks for your input. Take care!

Kindly,

Divine-LPN, BSN

Is Divine the company you work for?

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7 hours ago, tammymize said:

Is Divine the company you work for?

No, it is my screenname for this website. It describes my mind, body and soul?

Thanks,

Divine-LPN,BSN

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Specializes in CCRN.

The whole point of getting a certification is to grow as a nurse and prove your knowledge of your subject. Display away.

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51 minutes ago, viprn21 said:

The whole point of getting a certification is to grow as a nurse and prove your knowledge of your subject. Display away.

I do it for the money. I’m a nurse and I have no idea what most of those random letters mean. I can’t imagine patients and their families know. ?

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2 hours ago, viprn21 said:

The whole point of getting a certification is to grow as a nurse and prove your knowledge of your subject. Display away.

I’m not proving anything except to my patient, I got this down to a science.

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4 hours ago, Divine-LPN,BSN said:

No, it is my screenname for this website. It describes my mind, body and soul?

Thanks,

Divine-LPN,BSN

Gotcha chic!

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Specializes in Cardiac TCU /tele/SDU.

I made up my mind, I WILL put them on my ID, not everything but some that really helped. I think the studying process led me to learn things I would not have learned without studying for the certifications, it help me understand the why's and how's and in turn help me anticipate and be better prepared on how to handle patients, in turn improve my nursing practice and improve the patient care I provide. I think if I do I have my certifs like maybe 2 on display, it may inspire other nurses to take the exam as well and in turn may improve not only their knowledge but practice as well, or it can inspire other nurses to hate me lol, whatever I don't care. I've been a nurse for more than 15 years, experience is something that other nurses can't take away from me, certifications though are a conscious choice. You can always learn new things, the day you start thinking you are too good to learn new stuff is the day you stop growing.

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On 9/9/2019 at 9:17 AM, caliotter3 said:

Most nurses I noticed keep their badges turned around on the lanyard so the front can’t be seen, so it doesn’t matter what is printed on them. It must be hospital policy during orientation to tell them to turn the badges backwards to prevent the public from identifying their ‘caregivers ‘.

My last facility employer made our badges double sided, so if they flipped, they still showed the duplicate.

I just display the license title that I am working as. To include the rest would possibly lead to clarification. I remember my first hospital position while waiting to take my LPN boards. I was not a CNA but I was eligible to hire for the position if I was in my last few months of my program and then would transition into a licensed position upon graduation. I was essentially a nurse tech without a CNA certificate. My badge displayed the job title “Nurse Extern”......This badge wasn’t double sided and I wasn’t one to flip it, but it sure did cause a few extra moments of clarification as to what my role was. After that experience and moving forward over the years I just used whatever license I was working under (after I obtained the first, then second).

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I was always so proud of my diploma! I even got a 5-year pediatric
certification, nurse status in my state. Much to the chagrin of all the
little angels that went after clinical ladder...of which I was refused over
a technicality in how my packet was put together...not what I had
actually done for the hospital in 10 years.
When I was forced to get my BSN to teach, I hated every minute of
the ridiculous on-line courses. What a joke! I got the certificate from
the university. I don't even know where the certificate is! I will never
display it...it means nothing.

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