“Credentials are a form of communication. We’ve all seen multiple streams of initials after nurses’ names.” This was written by Jennifer Mensik, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN in an article What’s the Right Way to List Your Nursing Credentials? (Nurse.com West 2018).
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On today’s front lines of battling coronavirus COVID-19, the fight requires all ‘hands on deck.’ Using our medical resources is paramount in combating COVID-19. Obviously, it’s the use of all medical personnel that’s going to help ensure that some corner is turned in our fight to manage these virus outbreaks.
Respect has been earned by nurses at the forefront of healthcare. Nures who advance academically are exposed to healthcare leadership knowledge enabling them to have an organizational perspective of potentially deadly situations.
The best way to use the organized perspective of advanced care nurses may be to stationed them in direct patient care areas so they can not only assist with patient care but direct ‘boots-on-the-ground’ assignments. This leaves all nurses and ancillary healthcare available for the many COVID-19 patients.
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The number of letters or insignias that follows a nurse’s name indicates their level of professional achievement. However, all nurses contribute in a professional manner whether it’s consoling a dying COVID-19 patient, comforting a newborn as it shakes through the withdrawal of its mothers’ drug use, or administering prescribed pain medication to a post-operative patient.
We all cherish nurses, doctors, and healthcare workers as they battle ‘head-on’ the COVID-19 challenge. Credentials are necessary and communication is key to a well-oiled team. All healthcare workers are vital as we battle COVID-19.
