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!
At work, I use First Initial. First 4 letters of last name and then an indecipherable scribble. I usually don't bother with RN since nobody looking at the documentation really cares - and if they did care, I could prove my license status if necessary.
In much of my charting (meaning everything between the "assumed care" and the "report off" comments), I just use my initials and leave it at that.
I've seen no reason so far to add my degree (MSN) to my signature line and I'm all about keeping my pen on the paper as little as possible.
I too have my BSN and am happy to write it when I'm signing something other then my chart as I'd be writting it a thousand times a day. When I sign into inservices or write my credentials on anything that asks for it, I use My Name, RN, BSN. Also, I got my work badge to say RN, BSN under my name so it's right there!! =)
I do sign RN behind my name on almost everything. Not to "Show off" but because it has become habit. With online bill paying - I pay almost everything over the internet. I rarely have to write a check. When I do, without fail, I sign RN whether I mean to or not. It just comes naturally
It's definitely habit: I did this yesterday at my doctor's visit without realizing it. I've also done it at the veterinarian, at my son's school, the library...pretty much whenever I have to sign my name. That is, except on my credit card slips and checks--for some reason when I sign, the RN won't come through on those.
Specializes in Retired OR nurse/Tissue bank technician.
For regular charting, I would sign RtSoon, RN. On formal correspondence like resume cover letters or other letters where my nursing education was relevant to what I was writing about, I'd sign, RtSoon RN, BScN.
I had a third professional designation that I never used, as it was three words long and would just confuse the masses.
I have a whole alphabet soup I could use, but I sign first initial, last name only, not even RN. It isn't legible anyway, lol, so what difference does it make?
RyanSofie
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R.N. B.S.N PHD Phooey....I sign my name 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times a month...D.S. R.N is enuf !