How i address most people depends on how they are introduced to me until they tell me differently.
At work, with coworkers, it is first name unless it is a Dr. that i'm not close to. There are some docs i've known for years, we are on first name basis. But, in front of patients, it's back to Dr.
When i arrive at patient's homes, i have to positively identify everyone so i ask are you Jean Robbins (first name last name). Then after the identification is complete, i switch back to Ms. Robbins or Mr. Robbins, unless they insist on me using their first names.
Most patients just call me generically...nurse. But, up on the mountain there are a few families that call me doc. They know i'm not a doctor and they are well aware that i am a nurse, but i'm the only medical person some of these peeps ever see. It's sorta cute i think.
Honestly, i answer to anything. I'm not uptight about it.
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~ I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~
Maya Angelou
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