How do you sign?

[Mashira]

I am a nursing student in my final semester of nursing school. I am greatly looking forward to finally becoming a nurse. I was wondering how many of you sign your names:

Jane/John Doe, RN, BSN

Is this normal? Is it something big headed students do the first few months and then stop doing? I was just wondering! To me... if an MD signs:

Jane/John Doe, MD

Due to what can be taken as his pride in his degree, why not nurses?! Call me naive, but I'm going to be proud to be a nurse!

[cecilsgirl]

I always was taught you sign what your license board calls you, the license you payed for, B.Smith LPN ect.. not the years of schooling or the paths you took to get it.

[meandragonbrett]

First Last RN CCRN

[dthfytr, ADN, LPN, RN, EMT-B, EMT-I]

Hodge Podge, RN, Etc.

[kids]

I sign first initial-middle initial last name RN

Jane/John Doe, MD

Due to what can be taken as his pride in his degree, why not nurses?! Call me naive, but I'm going to be proud to be a nurse!

It's not a matter of pride in the degree, MD is a doctor's 'equivalent' to RN, LPN, etc.

My employer doesn't put degrees on name tags, just the license/title (RN, LPN). Company policy also dictates that things be signed with first and middle initial and last name followed by your license/title.

[MaryAnn_RN]

initial, surname, RN.

On the daily review sheets I use my signature, and underneath it print my surname, RN.

Have known nurses who have had stamps made up with their name, RN and underneath it their NMC PIN. Not sure about that myself.

[BabyLady, BSN, RN]

I am a nursing student in my final semester of nursing school. I am greatly looking forward to finally becoming a nurse. I was wondering how many of you sign your names:

Jane/John Doe, RN, BSN

Is this normal? Is it something big headed students do the first few months and then stop doing? I was just wondering! To me... if an MD signs:

Jane/John Doe, MD

Due to what can be taken as his pride in his degree, why not nurses?! Call me naive, but I'm going to be proud to be a nurse!

Trust me, after you have signed your name 50 times in one shift, you'll be looking for a way to shorten it any way you can.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

i am a nursing student in my final semester of nursing school. i am greatly looking forward to finally becoming a nurse. i was wondering how many of you sign your names:

jane/john doe, rn, bsn

is this normal? is it something big headed students do the first few months and then stop doing? i was just wondering! to me... if an md signs:

jane/john doe, md

due to what can be taken as his pride in his degree, why not nurses?! call me naive, but i'm going to be proud to be a nurse!

by the time you've signed your name a few thousand times, it'll be just j. doe, rn -- and that may not even be legible!

[kesr]

One more vote for RN, after all a BSN means you finished school, but you may not have that precious license to practice.

Many docs have other degrees, too; but everyone signs as quickly and briefly as they can.

Congrats to you, and welcome to the fold.

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

I sign first initial, last name, RN.

[sharpeimom]

by the time you've signed your name a few thousand times, it'll be just j. doe, rn -- and that may not even be legible!

you mean it has to be legible?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

S. Smith, RN (not my real name, but I use my first initial and my entire last name when signing paperwork at the workplace).

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Many times your state BON will dictate what you sign. In IL, all APNs (NP, CNS, CRNA, CNM) must sign their name:

traumarus, APN

You can add additional stuff but believe me, you don't have the time to do so.