Have you attended a nursing conference lately? Do you see the name and credentials listed on badges? Do you see the degrees and credentials displayed in nursing articles and the page listing the editorial board members of nursing journals, etc?
Are we too focused on degrees and credentials because of our lack of recognition as a true profession in nursing? I subscribe to a number of nursing journals and magazines and the issue was addressed a few months ago by a national journal.
My fiance makes me laugh as times when he refers to me as LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD or LaTonia Denise Wright, Home Health RN, Attorney, and Poodle Owner.
The Ohio Nurses Association started a policy a few months ago of listing its members as RN only because it could not keep up on the degrees and credentials for nurses listed or mentioned in the Ohio Nurses Review. So its LaTonia Denise Wright, R.N. in the ONR.
I am running for election to the ANA Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics and I am listed as LaTonia Denise Wright, J.D., R.N.
Are we too focused on degrees and credentials in nursing because of the lack of a standardized entry level into practice? Degrees and credentials are earned so why shouldn't someone proudly display their accomplishments, right? What do you think?
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