>Flossie Rollhauser posted:
>Shouldn't anyone who considers them self an IBCLC first list that first
>as the primary credential???  I've noticed this even with those who were
>IBCLC first and "added-on" an RN (i.e., they still sign them selves "Jane Doe,
>RN, IBCLC, RLC" instead of "Jane Doe, IBCLC, RLC, RN")

I think the reason credentials are ordered the way they are is because RN 
is an academic degree and IBCLC is a certification. Generally, academic 
degrees come first and are sequenced from lowest to highest; degrees are 
followed by honors and certifications. The sequence is not neccessarily 
chronological unless it involves equivalent items.

For example, my personal alphabet soup is BS, MS, ELS. If I next went on to 
complete an MBA (ha, ha, ha!), my soup would read BS, MS, MBA, ELS, because 
ELS is a certification, not a degree, and the MBA, while equivalent to an 
MS, came later.

regards,
Julia

Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (almost 2)
Madison, Wisconsin

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