Last name on badges?

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I have worked in several different facilities and have several different experiences with last names on name badges. In a recent post regarding color coding scrubs r/t hospital role a reply was posted which made reference about a stalker. At the ER I worked the LVN's rotate working the front desk and check patients in. This means interaction with EVERY ambulatory patient (angry about wait times etc...). Several times I had angry individuals (not angry at me but the situation which brought them to the ER) reach across the desk to get a "better" look at my name. My entire name is on the badge. I even had one lady call me at home. I had to change my phone number and am no longer listed (thanks crazy stalker lady).

This could have been avoided if my last name were not on the badge:twocents:. What are your feelings about this?

Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

If some guy showed up at my front door I would ask him if he wanted to help my husband do the floors and the laundry.

I'm sure he would appreciate the help.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, educator.

He-he, maybe we shoulda done that!

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