Last month, I defined certification and certificates, suggested organizational and personal reasons for becoming nationally board certified, and offered strategies to prepare for certifying exams. 1 Brooks B.A. The alphabet soup of certifications and credentials: part 1. Nurse Leader. 2019; 17: 280-282 Google Scholar Part 2 provides greater detail on how to list board certification credentials on business cards, conference programs, author bylines, resumes, curricula vitae (CVs), and in e-mail signatures. Based on the number of nursing credential listings I read that are wrong, there is clearly confusion about how to appropriately list one’s education, licensure, and board certification credentials. Other professionals continue to experience the same level of confusion, so it is important to have a standard for how credentials are listed so other parties (e.g., consumers and payers) understand the significance and value of credentials. Thankfully, the American Nurses Credentialing Center provides a “how-to” guide that answers questions about listing credentials, but for some reason, nurses are either not unaware of this excellent resource or, even after reading the guide, remain confused about how to list their credentials. 2 American Nurses Credentialing CenterHow to Display Your Credentials. https://www.nursingworld.org/∼48fdf9/globalassets/certification/renewals/how-to-display-your-credentialsDate: 2013 Date accessed: June 13, 2019 Google Scholar So below, I review the how-to and provide additional examples, followed then by additional suggestions about what to do when one has multiple national board certificated credentials. Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHE, was presented with AONL’s Mentor Award in 2017. Dr. Brooks is President & CEO of The Brooks Group, LLC, a Chicago-based career coaching, personal brand, and consulting firm. She can be reached at [email protected]