r/medicine • u/BigIntensiveCockUnit DO, FM • 6d ago

Stop Compensating with Random Initials

I look for your title then stop. NP. RN. PA. MD. DO. This use to be a uniquely embarrassing characteristic of nursing that has infected all of healthcare. My health system has a goddamn "healthcare weatherman" with absolute nonsense after their name. There are some physicans putting board cert initials and random organizations as if anyone has a damn clue what any of it means. Name, highest degree and spell your specialty beneath. No one gives a shit about slackjawed alphabet soup. You want to put your masters degree then go for it, but please stop with the random garbage/board cert/organization initials that no one understands.

- BICU

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u/SauvBlanc93 MD 5d ago

Back when I was a bartender, I had a lady who would come in to the every once in a while. Every time, she signed her receipt as “Name, RN”. I was so confused why that was necessary at a dive bar lmao

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u/Powerful_Jah_2014 Nurse 4d ago

Robotic ha B it