How do you sign your credentials?

[heather717]

Hi!

Question: if you have your BSN, do you always sign RN, BSN after your name? Do you nec. include BSN?

Thank you!

[kakamegamama]

I usually cut to the chase and just sign Kakamegamama FNP-C and leave out the other.....But, if I were to sign including it all at least I now know the right way to do it (that's something I've always wondered about as I've seen it differently in the 2 different states in which I held licensure).

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Academic publications: R. Queen, MSN, RN, CNOR.

On my writings it is as follows: TheCommuter, BSN, RN, CRRN

Next year I'll be signing my name with 'MSN' if all goes well.

[VANurse2010]

Putting a degree when signing a note or routine signature is ridiculous in my opinion, but especially for an entry-level one like a BSN (or ADN).

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Putting a degree when signing a note or routine signature is ridiculous in my opinion, but especially for an entry-level one like a BSN (or ADN).

Social workers also do it to a certain extent when signing documents: LBSW (licensed baccalaureate social worker) versus LMSW (licensed master's social worker).

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

I skip out RN altogether. On the computer anything I document has my name and RN after it.

[akulahawkRN, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

At work, if I am to sign most paperwork, it's akulahawkRN, RN. However if I were to write anything "official-ish" like an academic paper, then it becomes "akulahawkRN, BS, ADN, RN, EMTP." Those of you that aren't experiencing blurry vision by now hopefully will notice that I do not have a BSN. My Bachelor's Degree is the highest academic degree earned and ADN is the highest earned in Nursing, so far.

[cjcsoon2bnp, MSN, RN, NP]

In my nursing notes I typically just write "XXXX, RN" but for my professional/academic email signature and signing official forms (not your routine day-to-day stuff) I will typically write it as "XXXX BSN, RN-BC" and when I graduate with my MSN in Oct. I will be writing "XXXX MSN, RN-BC". I admit when I first graduated I accidently signed a few checks with RN after them but it wasn't long before I figured out that goof. I ended up going to work on the day that I took my ANCC psychiatric/mental health nursing board certification test and for that day I was so stoked to have passed that I signed my regular nursing notes as "XXXX BSN, RN-BC", I quickly realized that it could be perceived as pretentious and it was giving me a hand cramp so I soon abandoned that practice as well.

!Chris

[OhioCCRN, MSN, NP]

Respectfully, the (ACLS, BLS) are not part of your title. They are not certifications - but rather the acronyms for skills assessments.

This was a joke

I was clearly not being serious

I understand that ACLS and BLS are not part of a title

( which is why I prefaced it with a wink)

[IsabelK]

IsabelK, DNP, ANP-BC

I earned both.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

This was a joke

I was clearly not being serious

I understand that ACLS and BLS are not part of a title

( which is why I prefaced it with a wink)

Mea culpa- my old eyes can't distinguish what the emojis all are! But I do know a rather pretentious NP who puts BLS, ACLS, TNCC and the like in his signature line. He has a total of nine 'titles' after the degree and license.

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

Definitely disagree with the powers that be about the priority. I start with "RN", then (sometimes, depending on the circumstance) put BSN, NCSN. The alphabet soup can be ridiculous, and I think the first thing that should stand out is what you 'are'. I'm such a rebel...

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

I technically have more letters AFTER my name than IN my (real) name!

MeanMaryJean DNP, RN-BC, CCRN, CNE - but seriously, who has time to sign all of that? Ain't nobody got time for that!