Order of Professional Credentials/Degrees

[anfguyrn]

i have read general knowledge of people who have degrees and the correct order of professional credentials/degrees.

http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/articles/credentialscf2003.htm

https://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424820

neither of these address my question however.

i just obtained my degree master's of information technology [mit].

if i drop my bsn from my list which is what is recommended to do i feel like i am loosing my "nursing" background. i believe in my education and feel its important for people to know i have my bachelors in nursing. bsn, rn is what separates a rn from a diploma or associates rn. by dropping my bsn people would still know i am a rn but not what type.

there are people who have an associates rn and have a bachelor in something else.

since i work in healthcare in a hospital setting up our clinical systems for our staff to use is it proper to just drop the bsn and just use mit or should i use both?

anyone have any ideas?

[GilaRRT]

Why not use them both? Are the uncouth ninjas really that scary? RN, MIT, BSN, etc. Looks good on ya!

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

I'd go "MIT, BSN, RN." Generally in academics the degree is listed before the license, but there's a lot of confusion about that in nursing since the BSN is often considered an "add-on" to the RN license.

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

I'd go "MIT, BSN, RN." Generally in academics the degree is listed before the license, but there's a lot of confusion about that in nursing since the BSN is often considered an "add-on" to the RN license.

I believe you are correct, although I learned that it was one degree (the highest earned), then the license, then the certification. I don't see the harm in adding the nursing degree to the mix, like you said.