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Name Post-nominal Abbreviation Agency or Description Juris Doctor: J.D. An academic, not a professional designation. Identifies a person who has obtained the academic degree Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence, which are different names for the same professional degree in law.
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
An EMS provider's post-nominal (listed after the name) credentials usually follow his or her name in this order: Highest earned academic degree in or related to medicine, (e.g. "MD") Highest licensure or certification (e.g. "NRP") Further certifications (e.g. "CCEMT-P") Generally, credentials are listed from most to least prestigious.
Healthcare professional credentials are credentials awarded to many healthcare practitioners as a way to standardize the level of education and ability to provide care. Clinicians [ edit ]
Professional titles in the anglophone world are usually used as a suffix following the person's name, such as John Smith, Esq., and are thus termed post-nominal letters. However, many European countries use prenominal letters such as Eur Ing. In the UK, many professional titles are 'chartered' such as Chartered Engineer or Chartered Physicist.
List of abbreviations in photography; List of glossing abbreviations (grammatical terms used in linguistic interlinear glossing) List of legal abbreviations; List of medical abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; Reporting mark (owners of rolling stock and other railway equipment) List of style guide ...
Nursing credentials and certifications are the various credentials and certifications that a person must have to practice nursing legally. Nurses' postnominal letters (abbreviations listed after the name) reflect their credentials—that is, their achievements in nursing education , licensure , certification , and fellowship .
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.