Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Nursing
 
chapter
Regulations of the Board of Nursing [18 VAC 90 ‑ 20]
Action Amendment to name tag requirement
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 2/22/2017
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1/26/17  3:50 pm
Commenter: Suzanne Fuhrmeister, retired

Name tags
 

With the increase in violence against nurses and widespread access to social media, I fully support use of first name and last initial on name tags. I have seen instances of patients/families looking up nurses on social media.

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