Use of the title nurse

In my state it is unlawful to call yourself a nurse unless you are duly licensed. It is also unlawful to do some nursing skills without a license. Just being under the MD's supervision does not permit someone to work as a nurse. Do check your state's law. Maybe call BON.

LOL good laugh, it would of been more interesting if you had a poll

A: 10 Looks

B: 10 Skills

that is so rude. i worked really hard to get my title

why can't people just be proud of what they accomplished?

I sent them an email with the boards policy on the title nurse. I also told them if the 10 was referring to looks it was tacky! I mean really! I could care less what the person looks like who is taking care of me as long as they know thier stuff.

Kind of degrading how they put Nurse in quotes!

I sent them an email with the boards policy on the title nurse. I also told them if the 10 was referring to looks it was tacky! I mean really! I could care less what the person looks like who is taking care of me as long as they know thier stuff.

Good for you

I think the fact they're seeking medical professionals on Craigslist says it all.

In my state it is unlawful to call yourself a nurse unless you are duly licensed. It is also unlawful to do some nursing skills without a license. Just being under the MD's supervision does not permit someone to work as a nurse. Do check your state's law. Maybe call BON.

What state do you live in, i live in texas and where I work almost anyone is "nurse," including the janitor. she takes care of the floor, she is the floor "nurse"

I think they are saying you have to be a 10 at starting IV's - ie, they want someone good at it, but they shouldn't have implied they think of MA's as nurses. What gets me are the ads that specify a gender of the employee they want. I wish people hiring were more familiar with employment law. I don't think there's anything wrong with hiring or finding a job on Craigslist, though.

that is so rude. i worked really hard to get my title

why can't people just be proud of what they accomplished?

Who's even saying that someone isn't proud?? My guess would be someone OTHER than an MA placed that ad. Perhaps a clueless office manager or doctor, who knows...

As a former MA I get tired of this dead horse being constantly beaten. I was always proud of the work I did as an MA, took great pride in caring for the patients and never, EVER...EVERRRR called myself anything more or less than what I was, an MA.

Now let me tell you something, there are PLENTY of people out there who do not care if you are an MA, an RN, or you've got the letters "CLOWN" behind your name. They just DON"T care. To them the girls in the office are all the same and all they care about is getting in to see the doc TODAY for their sniffles that have been ongoing for the past 2 weeks and you had best better make sure that the script is called in to their pharmacy and ready to be picked up in the time it takes them to leave the office and get over to the pharmacy.

I have tried explaining my title to numerous people over the years and have even got into a heated argument with a cousin of mine over this subject. People are going to think what they want to think no matter what. Stop thinking every MA out there runs around calling themselves a nurse, some of us really don't see it as some kind of ego boost.

And just for the record, I want to become an RN so that I can get more involved in oncology and hospice, not so I can have "better" initials behind my name.

Also in Texas, and the state has a strict law that anyone working as a nurse must wear an ID badge showing their license level.

Now let me tell you something, there are PLENTY of people out there who do not care if you are an MA, an RN, or you've got the letters "CLOWN" behind your name. They just DON"T care.

I agree with this.. the general public don't give a damn is the person rooming them, checking their vitals, taking history, ect ect is a MA, RN, LVN, CNA, etc... They are often simply referred to as nurse. To be completely honest, until I became really interested in this field I NEVER lookedd at the letters behind someones name. I trust my doctor to hire capable people and for the most part I assumed that meant they were nurses of some sort.

I'm pretty sure that the majority of those who care if the term is misused are nurses. (I'm not saying that is bad, it just is) Doctors are the same way.. a lot of them get irritated when people confuse PhD with MD.