How do you sign your name?

[ohiobobcat]

This is inspired by another thread. How do you sign your name when you sign off on stuff at work? I use my first initial and full last name. Like this: O. Bobcat, RN I have a pretty unique last name, and there are no other nurses in my state with my first initial and last name.

My boss at my previous place of employment told me I needed to use my full name when I signed, but I never changed the way I sign after she told me that (I'm such a rebel!)

I use my full name including middle initial when I sign non-nursing related things.

[ohiobobcat]

Do you guys use a stamp?

I LOVE stamps!!

I have one that says "CONFIDENTIAL" and one that states my school nurse office and address. I stamp school health records that I print and send to other schools, but I sign underneath. I love to slap that CONFIDENTIAL stamp all over envelopes that I send out though. Makes me happy.

I don't sign enough by hand anymore to warrant getting a stamp with my signature on it, although that WOULD be cool.

[MatrixRn]

I almost never sign anymore....we use an EMR

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

I sign Bucky Badger RN. Although it's more like Bucky B------ RN. A lot of letters get lost in translation!! Same way I sign checks, I just drop the RN (most of the time, LOL)

[Coffee Nurse, BSN, RN]

Used to be C(illegible) N(illegible) followed by printed C. Nurse, RN. My new employer issues stamps with full name/position/unit, so that now goes in place of the printed part.

[Wrench Party]

Wrench Party, RN. If published, it would be Wrench A. Party, BSN, RN. (the A stands for Awesome, and I'm already published under Wrench A. Party from my past life as a researcher).

[anon456, BSN, RN]

I almost never sign anymore....we use an EMR

The only things we sign are witness consent, type and cross, blood transfusion, and code sheets. And on the rare occasion that the system is down and we have to *gasp* use paper charting.

[Julius Seizure]

I sign my name as "B. completely illegible scribble RN"

Yup,this. Somewhere in there, if you look hard enough, it says first inital-middle initial-last name, RN. But I get asked if the doctors taught me how to write my sig. :)

I sign non-nursing things with my first and middle initital as well. Just preference.

[melizerd, ASN, RN]

I've never signed anything, it's all electronic. So when I'm signed in its my "signature".

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Tokmom Last name, RN-C. I earned that bloody "C" so I use it. :)

[Twinmom06, ASN, APN]

I actually sign First Name Last Name RN - and yes I've signed my kids school papers and even checks with RN - especially if I've worked the night before and am half asleep!

[Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN]

Pen: M. Meriwhen, RN-BC

Not schoolroom neat, but not illegible either. Messy though.

It's legible because for most documents, if I don't sign legibly, I have to print/stamp my name underneath...so it actually takes less time to sign it legibly the first time.

If it doesn't need to be legible, I'll just put my initials.

I also like using a stamp if I can, when I remember to bring it.

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

On things like the stickers we put on IV fluids, iv meds etc, I put C Pixie, RN

Things I sign off on its CT Pixie, RN. Depending on how late in the shift it is or how much of a bad shift I've had determines how legible it is :)

And funny enough I just had to reprint and sign a note to my daughters school b/c I kept putting CT Pixie, RN. ughhh!