How to create or edit your signature for secure messages in PNC Web
Note: If you do not set up your signature for Secure Messages in PNC, your messages will not have a signature at all (the default for Signature Text is an empty field).
Go to your PNC Chart (1) > Provider (2) > Messages (3) > Options (4)
The Message Options box opens > Type your signature in the Signature Text (1) box > Click OK (2) to save > Click Close (3) to exit.
To have consistent signatures across the organization, the credentials should be displayed using the following guidelines:
- Order: Use the following order to display credentials after your name in the Signature Text:
1. Highest earned educational degree
2. Licensure
3. Certifications
Ex. FirstName LastName, MSN, APRN, CNM
- Style: Credentials should be comma-separated from the name and from each other, and they do not include periods.
American Nursing Association has guidelines on displaying nursing credentials.
Here is a list of credential abbreviations.