Need help!!

[Spaniard]

Hi everyone. I'm finding the process of writing a decent resume quit hard and would like somebody to check it and tell me whats wrong with it.

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Professional Summary

* Compassionate Registered Nurse with 1 year work experience in Spain and England. I am looking forward to starting my career in the United States.

* I am an U.S citizen who was raised and educated in Spain.

* Exceptional capacity to multitask:manage competing priorities with ease while fostering delivery of superior patient care.

* Solid administrative and referral experience include admissions, assessment,treatment,referral, and education for a broad range of patients and their families.

Objective

To contribute to an organization that can use a vibrant and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with extended knowledge of gerontology and geriatrics along with strong med/surg skills.

Core Qualifications

* License RN in so and so state

* BLS and ACLS certification.

* Trilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese).

* Patient and Family focused.

Education

* 2009 - University Y, Spain

* Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)

* Cumulative GPA of 3.31.

* 2011 - University Y , Spain

* Critical Care course (60 credits).

Work experience

XH company

From December 2011 to April 2012.

RN

* Demonstrate exemplary documentation skills by accurately maintaining nurses' notes and promoting communication among staff.

* Deliver coordinated care for an assigned group of residents.

* Employ sharp analytical and problem solving skills in assessing patients for skin integrity, lung sounds, bowel sounds,and wounds, and perform catherterization and dressing changes.

* Decisively and confidently made judgements on patient condition and called doctors based on decisions.

* Coordinate and delegate various levels of nursing assignments to nurse aides.

public community health facility, Spain

From May 2011 to September 2011.

travel nurse assignment.

* Perform comprehensive health assessment on patient and family.

* Develop care plans using nursing diagnosis.

* Assess,implement,evaluate realistic patient care goals, with measurable outcomes.

* Provided nursing care services in homes.

* Re-evaluate patient´s status and changed services.

public hospital. Spain.

From December 2010 to January 2011

Travel nurse assignment (floated in several wards: neurology, general surgery, general medicine, urology, trauma and orthopedics).

* Perform general nursing responsibilities, including assessment,medication administration, admissions and discharges, plan of care development and patient/family education.

* Utilize strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.

* Assisst patients with healing and recovery after surgery.

* Educate patients of health promotion, disease management,medications, recovery,and community resources.

* Coordinate with doctors and partnered with a team of nurses to develop effective care plans for patients.

* Accurately document all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications,discharge instructions and follow-up care.

public nursing home.Spain.

From 08/01/2009 to 08/30/2009.

Travel nurse assignment.

* Merged empathy and strong interpersonal skills to deliver emotional support to patients and family.

* Organize charts and document condition, vital signs, therapy progress

and medication.

* Organize and replace medical supplies,including medicines, on a regular basis.

* Coordinate and promote team work among healthcare team.

* Maintain safe, secure and comfortable environment for patients.

* Provide adaptive nursing care based on each specific case.

[RunBabyRN]

I would take out the professional summary and objective. The summary simply takes up space, and is repetitive. Objectives are pretty much obsolete anymore.

Take out your GPA. No need to include it unless asked. Also take out "patient and family focused".

Take out the "fluffy" words in your job descriptions. Keep the resume objective and to the point.

For your community health assignment, what kind of care did you provide in the home? I would elaborate, because it could be anything from cooking and cleaning to adjusting vent settings, and there's a big difference between the two. Also omit that you employed the nursing process. Things like that are generally assumed.

[PulselessNine]

Add/replace the fluff with quantifiable accomplishments.

Some examples of the kinds of things in our profession that are quantifiable are:

How many lives saved in an ER role.

How many concurrent Pts managed in LTC or recovery ward.

Number of hours in surgery as med/surg nurse.

These areas may not directly apply to your experience. I hope you get the idea though.