Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

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What do you think about having 'BSN' put on your badge? My hospital never used to automatically put it on nurses' badges. Now, the new grads with BSNs have that automatically printed on. Other BSNs have decided to have this credential printed on their badges. It never made a difference to me but some people make a big deal about it. I'm trying to decide if I want to get my BSN credential printed on my badge. I heard one nurse say that it's snobbish. The nurse that said that was an LPN.

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It seems as though some don't understand the difference in credentials and education. BSN does not equal credentials, it is a level of education. Credentails are such as PNP, CNS, MD, PA. This is just more evidence of why nursing is so convoluted. From the looks of this thread, the BSNs seem to be overly snobbish. I learned more form a LVN than I have learned from any other nurse. Amazingly enough, this poor old ADN managed to get his NP degree despite being the lessor educated of the bunch! As faras a BSN education goes, it added nothing other than financial woes to my practice and was a stepping stone to PNP. IMHO

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Zookeeper..the difference is that PHD is a title and BSN and MSN both are not titles they are degrees, therefore should not go behind your name. I have a MBA and a PHR and used PHR behind my name, but not MBA because it is not a title.

Wouldn't Dr. be the title, and PhD be the degree that confers the title?

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It seems as though some don't understand the difference in credentials and education. BSN does not equal credentials, it is a level of education. Credentails are such as PNP, CNS, MD, PA. This is just more evidence of why nursing is so convoluted. From the looks of this thread, the BSNs seem to be overly snobbish. I learned more form a LVN than I have learned from any other nurse. Amazingly enough, this poor old ADN managed to get his NP degree despite being the lessor educated of the bunch! As faras a BSN education goes, it added nothing other than financial woes to my practice and was a stepping stone to PNP. IMHO

So, since your BSN didn't add anything to your practice, no one's could? I know you didn't explicitly state that, but there seemed to be that implication.

Wanting to add BSN to a name tag doesn't have to mean they don't understand the difference between an accreditation and a degree, perhaps it means they did learn something during their BS coursework that added to their practice?

When putting RN next to a name lets folks know the level of education an RN has.....folks will stop putting BSN on their nametag. Since RN is one of the very few credentials that has so many educational levels acceptable to achieve it, it's completely understandable that folks want to denote their level of education in nursing.

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One meaning for GED is General Education Diploma. It's what you can get if you don't finish high school. You take a series of tests to obtain it, and it's the equivalent of a high school diploma.

Thank you. I do learn a lot from this website, really. :)

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Wouldn't Dr. be the title, and PhD be the degree that confers the title?

PhD is different because it's the highest leve you can obtain (along side other doctorates)

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It must have took people from that countries longer time to write their names if they were to include the university name.

There's a Monty Python sketch about this sort of thing with John Cleese. In it, he has a desk plate that goes halfway around the room, listing all his titles, degrees, universities bestowing those degrees, etc.

Just thought I'd share. ;)

Please, continue....

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PhD is different because it's the highest leve you can obtain (along side other doctorates)

Interesting, but doesn't answer the question you quoted.

Am I to understand that you are now saying that PhD should be listed because it's a terminal degree, as opposed to your last statement which was that it should be listed because it's a title whereas BSN and MSN are just degrees?

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Most people do not even know what those letters mean and, frankly, how you care for your clients is what they will remember, not the letters behind your name. I want my patients to remember my name not where I went to school.

As for the comment about patients doing better with nurses with BSNs, remember who is conducting this research (a bunch of nurses with tons of letters behind their names and they are trying to validate why having those letters are so important!). We all take the same test and are trying our best to deliver the best care.

Everyone should be proud of their accomplishments, so be proud, but really your patients just want a nurse that cares about them.

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There is nothing wrong with it,imo. As an Adn rn it motivates me to go get my bsn,not to mention co workers who could help me with any homework fron the rn to bsn program. I don't know,but this is true especially with nursing, in that why do nurses automatically assume the more educated person is out to get them,and then they throw jealous fits and rages, without even knowing the nurses character.

On a former job I've used to see lpns turn over their id cards so their titles could not be seen. In the nurses notes I also see lpns who write their tiltle in such a way that it lookes like "rn" but I knew the person was an lpn. I don't know why they obscured their titles. I don't know why they felt ashamed.

In the end,I have the rn title as big as day on my license,but guess what?I still get mistaken for the cleaning lady,so I guess it really doesn't matter.

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I don't know any other profession where you would post the degree you earned. Utterly ridiculous. If you are an RN, that is your designated title, not ADN or BSN. How foolish would I look to put BS behind my name when in fact I am a CPA or JD or MD. RN's should be proud of that designation and hospitals that are adding BSN to nametags are trying to prove a point to the public saying they hire bachelors in nursing. And yes, that is a bit snobbish. What about if you earned a bachelors in another field but was an RN?

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I don't know any other profession where you would post the degree you earned. Utterly ridiculous. If you are an RN, that is your designated title, not ADN or BSN. How foolish would I look to put BS behind my name when in fact I am a CPA or JD or MD. RN's should be proud of that designation and hospitals that are adding BSN to nametags are trying to prove a point to the public saying they hire bachelors in nursing. And yes, that is a bit snobbish. What about if you earned a bachelors in another field but was an RN?

How many MD's went to med school that didn't award a doctoral degree?

How many Lawyers went to a law school that award a doctoral degree?

The reason RN's put BSN on their tag and other professions don't is because RN's are one of the few professions in which their professional license does not speak to their level of education.

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