Signing your title in everyday signature

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At my job, and with most nursing jobs I guess, I sign my name and title A LOT. SO much that I sometimes catch myself almost signing my title in normal every day signatures. Like signing a check, I almost always want to add RN after my signature. I have been able to catch myself because I feel it would be pretty corny to do that.

Why I'm asking this is because I was just reading an obit for a former patient's husband and there was a note of condolence from someone we'll call Susie Baker, RN. She was not this patient's nurse as far as I could tell because in the note she recalled sitting around drinking wine with him and being his friend. I just thought it was strange that in that setting she would use her title. I know if I wrote a letter of condolence in the obituary section of the paper for one of my patients and I did not mention that I was their nurse I would think it a bit tacky to sign my title after my name.

What say you. DO you sign your title after your name in non work situations?

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I only sign RN behind my name for work related paperwork.

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.

Guilty! Usually on my checks I'll start to add my title and stop myself. Its just at the moment where I'm mindlessly going through the motions of something. If I accidentally don't catch it and actually write it, I'll throw away the check and write a new one. I always thought it was just me...sounds like I'm not the only one!

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Specializes in Pedi.

Typically the only time I sign my full name on anything is when I'm signing a work-related document so I do it by accident sometimes. I did it once when signing my refinance for my mortgage. I don't see how you can necessarily assume that this person was not somehow known as "Susie the nurse" by these people though and that may very well be why she signed her name that way.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I have ..on occasion signed my name with RN at the end after a long stretch or a busy night....it just seems to flow sometimes. I accidentally signed my marriage certificate that way....:shy:

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Specializes in retired LTC.
I have ..on occasion signed my name with RN at the end after a long stretch or a busy night....it just seems to flow sometimes. I accidentally signed my marriage certificate that way....:shy:
I've signed my income tax check with RN once.

:roflmao: I also find I'm more likely to sign RN if I go shopping right after work and sign the credit card slip.

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When I was registering my kids for school this week year, I accidentally wrote RN after my signature on a field trip release form for my 3rd grader. Ha!

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Specializes in Emergency.

Yeah, I do this all the time, it just flows out. I usually catch myself halfway through the R so it's either sign RN or P.... Not sure which is worse

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Some doctors put ,MD after their name on things like that? I think it MAY be a tad bit corny to do this on say, checks and things..but hey, we ARE professionals! And we worked HARD to be able to put, RN after our name! ;)

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What say you. DO you sign your title after your name in non work situations?

Not on purpose.

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Specializes in LDRP, Wound Care, SANE, CLNC.

I have two different signatures, one for work and one for "other" stuff. My last name is long so I write it out during work for legibility purposes and of course that includes the RN and on formal letters to Docs and what not it is RN, BSN. On banks stuff its a non-readable ball of scribble, but it's mine. :o) Having two keeps me from accidentally writing RN by accident.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Emergency, CEN.

I have to admit, o kind of stopped caring if I slap it on or not, but mostly because my handwriting is illegible anyhow and no one can make it out.

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