Proper way to list credentials?

[Brahma10]

I have an unconventional educational background... First I received a B.S. in Child Development before deciding I wanted to be a nurse. My second degree is an ADN, and I am now officially and RN in Texas. I realize that a B.S. plus RN status does not equal a BSN, but I am wondering what would be a good and proper way to list my credentials after my name? For most things I just put Jane Doe, RN, but now I am listing my name in a project for work and I am wondering if there is a good way for me to include my highest level degree.

I think Jane Doe, BS, RN sounds good, but I am not completely sure that is acceptable, as my BS is not my my nursing degree. Thoughts?

[chare]

How to Display Your Credentials

If it were me, I would not list the non-nursing degree.

[PeakRN]

There are two ways people tend to list their credentials. Either they will say that you start with the things that cannot be taken away, or to start with the most relevant. I believe in the latter, especially in bedside nursing, because I was not hired as a doctorate of political science (not a degree I actually have) but rather to be a nurse and care for patients. I list mine as RN, BSN, *Board Cert*, *Board Cert*, *Board Cert*.

I would think that RN, BS, ADN would probably be the most transparent while also recognizing all of the education you have.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

highest degree, license, cert,

If OP has a higher non-nursing degree that is relevant so it would be BS, ADN, RN.

In official papers, I list my non-nursing degrees as I have a graduate degree. Because I have a graduate degree, I leave off the 2 year degrees and so now I am, MA, BSN, BS, RN, ONC. in a month, I will be MSN, MA, BSN, BS, RN, ONC. This would only be used for papers . My badge will read MSN, RN, ONC (and maybe clinical ladder status, which is relevant where I work)

[elkpark]

Most in healthcare do not include any degrees that aren't directly related to their professional licensure, and consider it kind of silly to do so. I wouldn't if I were you.

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

Jane Doe RN

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

The proper way to list credentials is by highest degree, then license, then certification. It really isn't a matter of interpretation Or Opinion. Not.Done.Yet, MSN, RN is correct. Not.Done.Yet, RN, MSN is not.

As far as a degree that isn't related to nursing, there really isn't a rule pertaining to that because the degree isn't pertinent. I would not list it.

[WestCoastSunRN, MSN, CNS]

If you publish and peer-reviewed literature, I think it's absolutely appropriate to include the BS degree, or if you speak at a conference or some such thing. You will see this in literature and conferences and such and you will notice you have various disciplines represented with all sorts of interesting credentials. If we start talking anything peds, your BS in child development matters to me.

[guest940422]

I sign everything at work RN, in the clinical setting I feel like that is all that matters and I sign my name too much to throw in extra letters (or at least I did before electronic charting)

on my resume or published documents the highest degree goes first because that can't be taken away, subsequent lower level degrees may be added if they are in a different field (again because they can't be taken away) then proffessional licenses in order of prestige (this is a personal preference) if your a paramedic and a nurse you could list them both, the one that goes first would depend on if you are publishing in a nursing or first responders journal, then certifications (again in order of prestige or in order of when you got them no right answer here) if you are certified wound ostomy and certified critical care and you work in an ICU put ccrn first if you are publishing in a wound ostomy journal put CWOCN first

all my stuff just says RN

my resume says

BSN, RN, CCRN, CPN

When I finish grad school I'll have

MPH, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPN

see why it's only on my resume?