I have a surname. I'd like to use it.

[1Tulip]

At the hospital at which I'm planning to work, Nurses' name tags say (in big letters) SUSAN and in little letters below that... Smith, RN. Consequently nurses are called by their first names just like the housekeeping staff are.

Back in the old days... I called my patients "Mr. Brown" or "Mrs. Smith". I introduced myself as "Miss McCann". Amonst ourselves we used our first names, but we called the doctors "Dr. Jones". Am I a complete fossile living in another era? Seems to me that peer professionals should be given similar courtesies.

Guess I'm dreaming, huh?

[rach_nc_03]

True, but they know where you work. They just have to wait for you to leave the hospital. Unfortunately that's the reality of life today.

I have had the siblings of my patients call me by my first name and title because their parents don't allow them to call adults by just their first name. I thought it was sweet. The other nurses called me Miss Tracy for a few shifts:chuckle

This is an individual choice and I have never seen someone be called by their surname if they introduce themselves by their first name or vice versa.

yeah- i had a really sweet 11 year old boy in last week who called me 'miss rachel', as did his brother. i thought it was cute- he also said 'yes ma'am, no ma'am' when he answered me.

then again, several of the nurses introduce themselves to their patients (remember this is peds) as 'miss susie'....they refer to each other this way when talking to the kids ('miss karen is your nurse today, so you have to ask her if you can go to the playroom'). it's perfectly fine, but makes me think of my dance teachers as a kid, who all went by 'miss first-name'. i hear that title and want to go get my tap shoes out.

funny what associations we each have with certain honorifics.