Title RN/LVN

[JENURSE03_RN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I have both an LVN and RN license. I worked so hard to obtain that LVN license and still want to u the title if appropriate. I would like some feed back on this.

I have seen some people write their names like this:

(Name), MSN,RN,LVN or (Name), MSN, RN-LVN

[emmy27]

I've never seen anyone do this because an RN license encompasses the entirety of the LVN/LPN license scope, but if you still hold the actual license, it's not incorrect.

In general though you list the highest non-nursing degree first, then highest nursing degree, then licensure, then any certifications. So yours would read Jenurse03, MSN, BSN, RN, LVN, although you'd really get the same point across to the casual reader with just Jenurse03, MSN, RN.

Anybody who is going to actually care about whether you have the experience of the lower degree and licensure in addition to the higher is already looking at your actual resume, though.

[mindofmidwifery, ADN]

That's so redundant

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I was an LVN from 2006 to 2010 before earning my ASN degree and RN licensure. I now have a BSN and am enrolled in an MSN degree program.

In the five years I've been licensed as an RN, I've never used my LVN title. A title is supposed to include your highest degree, highest level of licensure, plus any professional nursing certifications you may have (e.g. Jen, MSN, RN).

I worked tirelessly for my LVN license, too. However, there's absolutely no valid point in including it in my title if I no longer use it.

[klone, MSN, RN]

So yours would read Jenurse03, MSN, BSN, RN, LVN,

You would not put two nursing degrees in a title, just the highest one. So it would be MSN, RN, not MSN, BSN, RN

I imagine it's the same for certifications, although I have seen "CNM, RN" which many would consider redundant also.

[elkpark]

If you are licensed as an RN, the LVN licensure/title is redundant and unnecessary. Just don't.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

I still hold my LPN license; hen I was actively looking for work as a new RN, I only place as the header: LadyFree28 BSN, RN; I listed my LPN license underneath licensure information on the resume.

[elkpark]

I still hold my LPN license; hen I was actively looking for work as a new RN, I only place as the header: LadyFree28 BSN, RN; I listed my LPN license underneath licensure information on the resume.

Yes, if I had the license, I would include it on my resume' (but not in my signature).

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I still hold my LPN license; hen I was actively looking for work as a new RN, I only place as the header: LadyFree28 BSN, RN; I listed my LPN license underneath licensure information on the resume.

Yep. My vocational nursing education and LVN license are also listed on my resume under the educational section, but I would not be caught dead signing my name "TheCommuter, BSN, ASN, RN, LVN." Not only is it unnecessary, but it looks ridiculous.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

Looking at your screen name here, it looks like you already do!

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

Only list your highest degree obtained along with specialty certification, if you have that.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

In my state, LPN's are licensed in odd years, RN's in even years. For a period of time I held BOTH licenses.

If you are licensed as an RN, the LVN licensure/title is redundant and unnecessary. Just don't.