I am a student NP. Should I put RN-BSN on my resume?

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Hi. I am a student NP, who graduate in August. I am not a FNP yet but I am looking for FNP job.

I put RN-BSN next to my name? Do you think I should put RN-BSN or should I delete that?

Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Glorified Browbeater, PhD©, MSN, MHA, FNP-BC, RNC, CEN, CCRN, ACLS-I/C, PALS-I/C, TNCC, NREMT-P was a ridiculous woman I knew applying for a job at an ER group.

Her boss:

His Highness, MD

His 2 trumps her 46, lol.

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.
The OP describes her/himself as a "student" FNP who will be graduating in August. I interpret that to mean that s/he hasn't completed an MSN yet. If s/he doesn't yet have an MSN, it's entirely appropriate to continue using one's current credentials. Of course, once s/he has an MSN, the BSN becomes irrelevant.

Agree, forgot to include the words "for example" before "if".

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.

Ya know, I am seeing $ signs...what if I were to start a side business and start my own association. Setup a google pages site for Certified ADHD NP (CADHD-NP) where I could offer an online course, exam, and then $300 exam fee with a $300 2 yr renewal fee to stay certified? Anyone interested? I can envision it as being a cost effective way (why do DNP afterall?) to add the longest set of letters around in the industry. Lol.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
Ya know, I am seeing $ signs...what if I were to start a side business and start my own association. Setup a google pages site for Certified ADHD NP (CADHD-NP) where I could offer an online course, exam, and then $300 exam fee with a $300 2 yr renewal fee to stay certified? Anyone interested? I can envision it as being a cost effective way (why do DNP afterall?) to add the longest set of letters around in the industry. Lol.

Want to go into a partnership?

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What is with nurses and credentials. I've never seen another profession so obsessed with the alphabet soup behind their name. Nobody cares that we have a nursing degree. It's not like it's hard to get them. The more letters you put behind your name the more ridiculous you look. Pick one or none and go with it.

Sauce- MSN BSN ASN AAS ACLC PALS APRN FNP NP-C, TTYL PRN QQGG UBER LEETSAUCE

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Obviously the ladies that run the credentialing bodies are suffering from member envy (I don't seem many guys on the boards of our credentialing agencies). Due to the lack of member, they are in search of something they can assign a length to and measure. So they have invented the alphabet soup length contest. I do give them points for at least trying to monetize it, because you know all these nurses are fighting tooth and nail to be ultra-uber-smartleetsauce and love spending the money they don't waste on 200 dollar scrub tops on more letters.

Pay X dollars and take X test and you get more letters. I guess it is sort of like scrabble, you get more letters and try to make as much wordage as you can.

I think pychman and xeno are probably onto something.

Freelance nurse writing seems to be a popular topic on this site now so maybe we should like you know, make a degree or cert for that. I mean, pay me 500 bucks and ill give you a literature test I stole from some random comp-1 textbook website. If you pass I will crown you "Queen nurse of the pencil" and you will earn the QNP-NP title, which will allow you to write as many papers as you want, just... "officially"

I mean think about it, we have been treating di-beets for YEARS, and most of us are not certified diabetes nurse-education-er-scribers or whatever that dumb cert is called. But obviously we are inferior since we are NOT certified. So obviously if you get this writing cert you will be AN EXPERT WRITING INSTANTANTLY AND BE ABLE TO WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT NURSING AND MAKE BAJILLIONS OF DOLLARS LIKE J K ROWLING AND HARRY TWATTER.

Whos with me?

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Most of these certifications are crap anyways.. I have brand new ICU trainees taking the CCRN exam and turn around and ask you : how fast can I push Metoprololí ¾í´”

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

I'm eating tacos and just invented the lacking certification. Steal my idea, and I'll thrash you.

BME-C

BioMedical Education Certification I and II.

Pay me for online, work at your own pace modules.

I - relevant organic chemistry, biochem, physiology, immunology, neuroscience,

II - microbiology, pharmacology, pathology, psychopathology, principles of medicine.

Pay me.

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.
Want to go into a partnership?

Sure, but first you have to try the product...how do I know if you're all in otherwise. Lol.

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.
What is with nurses and credentials. I've never seen another profession so obsessed with the alphabet soup behind their name. Nobody cares that we have a nursing degree. It's not like it's hard to get them. The more letters you put behind your name the more ridiculous you look. Pick one or none and go with it.

Sauce- MSN BSN ASN AAS ACLC PALS APRN FNP NP-C, TTYL PRN QQGG UBER LEETSAUCE

You're not helping my designation business idea dream here, sauce. Repeat after me and keep your eye on the swinging pocketwatch...more designations will make you smarter, more marketable, and gosh darn it, people will like you!

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Nursing.
Obviously the ladies that run the credentialing bodies are suffering from member envy (I don't seem many guys on the boards of our credentialing agencies). Due to the lack of member, they are in search of something they can assign a length to and measure. So they have invented the alphabet soup length contest. I do give them points for at least trying to monetize it, because you know all these nurses are fighting tooth and nail to be ultra-uber-smartleetsauce and love spending the money they don't waste on 200 dollar scrub tops on more letters.

Pay X dollars and take X test and you get more letters. I guess it is sort of like scrabble, you get more letters and try to make as much wordage as you can.

I think pychman and xeno are probably onto something.

Freelance nurse writing seems to be a popular topic on this site now so maybe we should like you know, make a degree or cert for that. I mean, pay me 500 bucks and ill give you a literature test I stole from some random comp-1 textbook website. If you pass I will crown you "Queen nurse of the pencil" and you will earn the QNP-NP title, which will allow you to write as many papers as you want, just... "officially"

I mean think about it, we have been treating di-beets for YEARS, and most of us are not certified diabetes nurse-education-er-scribers or whatever that dumb cert is called. But obviously we are inferior since we are NOT certified. So obviously if you get this writing cert you will be AN EXPERT WRITING INSTANTANTLY AND BE ABLE TO WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT NURSING AND MAKE BAJILLIONS OF DOLLARS LIKE J K ROWLING AND HARRY TWATTER.

Whos with me?

Brilliant! I am all about becoming something instantly.

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On a resume list every dang certification and education you have or could think of. It is when you sign your name keep it simple. A. Nurse, RN or A. Nurse, APRN..... However to sign A. Nurse, RN, BSN is silly as as and RN you should be expected to hold a BSN at the minimum. Sort of like A. Worker, High School Graduate - that would be silly.

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