Credentials

vleadbetter@cmcvtx.orgvleadbetter@cmcvtx.org
in CDI Talk Archive
Good Morning -

I need some advice... Our facility has two RNs working in the CDIS roles. Our hospital policy states if an employee has a certification, the credentials can be displayed on their name badge if their current position reflects their classification, ie they can have RN or LVN on their name badge if they are working on the floor. The RN's in CDI feel they would have a better working relationship with the physicians as well as the nurses on the units if their credentials were displayed on their name badge. I agree with the RN's and would to have this policy changed or somehow prove that they are still in a nursing role due to the clinical review they are conducting.

Does anyone have any ideas???

Comments

  • robert.hodges2robert.hodges2
    edited May 2016
    I have a large blue badge I wear at work that says "RN" just like all
    the other RN's in addition to my regular ID. Why wouldn't you put the
    credentials on their name badge?

    Robert


    Robert S. Hodges, BSN, MSN, RN, CCDS
    Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
    Aleda E. Lutz VAMC
    Mail Code 136
    1500 Weiss Street
    Saginaw MI 48602
    P: 989-497-2500 x13101
    F: 989-321-4912
    E: Robert.Hodges2@va.gov


    "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the
    difference between lightning and the lightning bug." Samuel "Mark Twain"
    Clemens
  • dvitalone1dvitalone1
    edited May 2016
    We also have Blue tags that state "NURSE" in white lettering!
  • sharon.colesharon.cole
    edited May 2016
    Our facility says that no matter what capacity an RN or LVN is working, the credential is to be listed. I think it does help for the unit staff and physicians to know what your credentials are whether it is RN/LVN or RHIT/RHIA. Besides whatever your credential, you earned it and should be allowed to display that. Because no matter what your job, you may be able to help someone with a question be they unit staff, physician, patient or visitor.
    Sharon Cole, RN, CCDS
    Providence Health Center
  • cmclose@saintfrancis.comcmclose@saintfrancis.com
    edited May 2016
    My badge has my name followed by RN and says" Clinical Documentation",
    with " Registered Nurse" just below that. I agree to keep their
    credentials on the badge! Aren't they still "working on the floor" by
    conducting (paper)chart reviews on the floor and interacting with
    physicians on the floor or is the policy due to non-patient care role?
    Aren't they required to renew their nursing license like patient care
    nurses? What about other departments that use nurses in non-patient care
    role~ are they also not allowed to have their credentials displayed on
    the badge? Do the nurse managers of the floors have their credentials on
    their badge?

    Claudine Hutchinson RN
    Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
    Children's Hospital at Saint Francis
    Email: chutchinson@saintfrancis.com
    Office: (918) 502-6603
    Pager: 98-1001
  • sharon.colesharon.cole
    edited May 2016
    We need a LIKE button like on FB!
  • vleadbetter@cmcvtx.orgvleadbetter@cmcvtx.org
    edited May 2016
    As far as nurses.... The managers, supervisors, and direct patient care have their credentials on their name badges. I am not sure why the policy is written that way and I can not get an answer about it. I was hoping there would be something in the "nursing bylaws" or something that would support having credentials displayed.

    By the way, I actually have a RHIT with a BS in HIM - but nothing on my badge either.
  • paxnerospaxneros
    edited May 2016
    I had my own name plate/badge made with all my credentials and wear it on my lab jacket in addition to my employee badge. I have had my RHIA on my employee badge in the past, however they are now using a different badge and my credentials do not fit.

    NBrunson, RHIA, CCDS
  • mark.domineseymark.dominesey
    edited May 2016
    This is also present in my workplace. Did I not go to nursing school and submit myself to the rigors of getting this credential just as much as my colleagues that assist patients at the bedside? My workplace will not give me an RN badge to wear with my employee badge though my job descriptions states that I must renew my nursing license each year. Many other non-bedside nurses have the RN badge (Managers, Administrators, QM, Information Technology, etc), so I am not sure of the stigma. Is this an issue that relates to where the CDI program is managed?(HIM managed vs Nursing managed)
  • sabullocksabullock
    edited May 2016
    Our job title is RN-Clinical Documentation Specialist and this is on our name badge. I think this is probably something to have a conversation with your manager and Human Resources and maybe even Nursing services about.

    Shelia Bullock, RN, BSN, MBA, CCM, CCDS
    Director, Clinical Documentation Improvement
    University of Mississippi Health Care
    2500 North State Street
    Room H139
    Jackson, MS 39216
    T: 601-815-3079 P: 601-815-3079 F: 601-815-9505
    sabullock@umc.edu
    umhc.com
  • lisa.schuellisa.schuel
    I will be out of the office on until Monday, July 11th. I will respond to your email when I return. Thank you.
  • wfreemanwfreeman
    edited May 2016
    I will be out of the office on Friday, July 1, 2011 through Monday, July
    4, 2011. If you need immediate assistance please contact the Case
    Management Department at 636-933-1226. Otherwise, I will return on
    Tuesday, July 5, 2011.

    Thank you,
    Bill Freeman, RN, BSN
    Director of CDI
    Jefferson Regional Medical Center
    636-933-5324
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