How in the name of God will I write my titles

[MrsBelle]

So I'm in a dual role DNP program to get my FNP/AG-ACNP with a cardiovascular sub-speciality.. how the heck will the titles go?

Dr. MrsBelle, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AG-ACNP or is it

MrsBelle, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AC-ACNP or some variation I haven't discovered?????

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Most of the time at work, your signature is predicated on what your state says it is.

TraumaRUs, APRN

Thats it...

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

Highest level of cert for your current role, i.e. Joe Smith, FNP. Or Mary Fox, CRNA. Anything more makes you look like a tool to your medical colleagues.

But some folks don't mind looking like tools. They would if they could hear what the rest of the medical staff had to say about them.

Would a physician that signs MD, PhD be a tool too?

[offlabel]

Would a physician that signs MD, PhD be a tool too?

Of all of the PhD surgeons I've worked with, aside from publishing papers, only one used that title on everything from his lab coat to his locker. Funny you should ask, because I wasn't even thinking of him when I made that crack. One of his physician colleagues added the word "tool" on a piece of silk tape next to the MD, PhD, FACS on his locker.

Funny thing was, he was an orthopedic surgeon.

[Jules A, MSN]

Would a physician that signs MD, PhD be a tool too?

I'm gonna say yeah.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

I'm gonna say yeah.

Do you have doctorate?

[Jules A, MSN]

Do you have doctorate?

One semester to go. And why?

[chare]

Do you have doctorate?

And that would matter how?

[Bluebolt]

I love when people without doctorates or at least a doctoral student comment on how those who do have it write their titles or use thier given title. It's akin to me telling my girlfriend what feminine pad or tampon brand she is allowed to use. It's none of my business and I don't have a relevant perspective to even voice an opinion.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

One semester to go. And why?

Because it seems everything I read from you is either anti-APRN or anti-Doctorate for nurses.

[Jules A, MSN]

Because it seems everything I read from you is either anti-APRN or anti-Doctorate for nurses.

Possibly much of what I post, but certainly not everything. For the record I am not anti APRN. I am anti APRNs who don't know what they are doing, accept terrible wages and in my specialty can't discern BPD from BiPad. I am also not anti-Doctorate. I am anti-additional alphabet soup for us to fluff our ego and name tag without significantly impacting our practice.

Nursing has been an excellent experience for me however I believe we are overly focused on increasing our presence and trying to get a seat at the table. We seem willing to alienate instead of join our physician colleagues. Big mistake in my opinion. I wish we would have chosen quality over quantity.

[Jules A, MSN]

I love when people without doctorates or at least a doctoral student comment on how those who do have it write their titles or use thier given title. It's akin to me telling my girlfriend what feminine pad or tampon brand she is allowed to use. It's none of my business and I don't have a relevant perspective to even voice an opinion.

Not telling you what tampon you are allowed to use just suggesting a few qualities that one might require in an exceptional tampon.

It isn't unreasonable to view the curriculum and/or product being produced and make a fairly accurate assessment about what a program entails. Here is another loose analogy for you: I don't need to actually inject heroin to have the insight and ability to educate my patients that its not a good idea.

[guest769224]

In most states you are specifically recognized as a CRNA. A couple of states don't recognize CRNAs as APRNs.

Which states don't recognize CRNA's as APRN's?