Nurses Helping Nurses
allnurses Network: Central | Jobs | Books | Newsletter
allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses
Home General News Blogs Articles Students Region Specialty Degrees F.A.Q.
Nursing Career Advice /

leadership



Did You Know?
allnurses is the largest community for nurses on the web. We now have over 388,561 members! Join today to network with other nurses, laugh, share, and much more.

Dec 27, 2004 01:45 PM

leadership


Hi, first of all you guys are great. I've been lurking around here for a while now but never registered. I was wondering if anyone has any advice or ideas about how I can plump up my resume in the leadership area. I am in the middle of an RN-BSN program, after which I want to apply to a CRNA program. Thanks


Share

Search Tags
None
Top

 
Advertisement
Sponsored Links
 
Reply
1 Comment
No. 1
from mitchsmom
Old Dec 27, 2004, 01:55 PM
Updated Dec 27, 2004 at 02:01 PM by mitchsmom

Have you taken on any leadership roles? You could become an officer of your school's nursing organization, you could institute/organize some kind of event, etc. Our nursing club did a lot of community events, you could identify a need of some sort and head up a little community service project for that (we helped hurricane victims, made baby baskets for those in need, etc. etc.). For example, on the short essay question part of my (BSN) school's application, I described how I co-founded and still currently lead a support group in my town. I was formerly the President of a civic club where I instituted an annual family fair, etc. etc. If you recruited members of something, describe how and how many (how much of an increase/increase in productivity, awards earned-like "Nebraska nursing club of the year", etc.), if you can tell about new things instituted- "went from activities with poor turnout to 10 activities with full participation and membership at the national level as well" blah blah blah) Describe how you saw a need and addressed that need.
I have found that volunteer work usually helps to get you into a place where you can add more to applications, etc. if you are a student. Pick something that interests you so that you will enjoy doing it, there are so many choices.
Top
 
Reply




Thread Tools


Who's Online
101 members
1,282 guests
1,383

0

Patient Evaluation of Retail Clinic Care

0

The hard to reach on-call doctor, and its effects on...

3

Woman charged with passing off prescription drug as...

10

Man in "Vegetative State" was conscious for 23...

2

Interesting article on ThedaCare's Collaborative Care Model

12

Possible breakthrough regarding MS

63

16th Philly area hospital to stop delivering babies: Mercy...

10

Really interesting article on Indian open hearts

10

High-Tech Pump Does What Her Heart Can't

6

Air Force RN Found Not Guilty






Currently Reading This Page: 1 (0 members & 1 guests)

Interested in the hottest topics of the week? Subscribe to the Nurse-zine Newsletter.
Enter email address: