Resume suggestions?

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Aug 3, 2013

You should specifically list what clinical experiences you had as another poster stated...for example, I had practical and observational experiences in OR PACU and ER in both my Peds and Med Surg rotations; as well as management of wound vacs, colostomies, etc, I also did a presentation in my Peds and Med Surg Practicums. Those aspects, depending on the subjects and experiences would stand out if I wanted to pursue ER, OR, CC; if I wanted to be a treatment nurse, a perspective employer would see I am comfortable with wounds, colostomies, etc...

Iâ™¥Scrubs, LPN · Aug 3, 2013

You should specifically list what clinical experiences you had as another poster stated...for example, I had practical and observational experiences in OR PACU and ER in both my Peds and Med Surg rotations; as well as management of wound vacs, colostomies, etc, I also did a presentation in my Peds and Med Surg Practicums. Those aspects, depending on the subjects and experiences would stand out if I wanted to pursue ER, OR, CC; if I wanted to be a treatment nurse, a perspective employer would see I am comfortable with wounds, colostomies, etc...

Okay so I added in what exactly I did at clinical but it seems a bit long now. Suggestions for this section?:

Bassett Medical Center: OR, Women's health, Dialysis, Primary Care, GI lab, Medical-Surgical Units, Special Care Unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, provide ostomy care, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN.

Oneonta Specialty Services: Urgent Care, Oneonta Specialty Services clinic (February to June 2013) Obtain vitals and assist preceptor in client care.

Fox Hospital: Medical-Surgical Unit, Maternity unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist patient with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN. Obtain vitals, weigh and bathe newborn, performed newborn assesssment and documented findings. Perform postpartum assessment on Mother and documented findings.

O'Connor Hospital: ER, Ambulatory Surgery, Labratory and Radiology. Specialty Care Clinic, Medical-Surgical Unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, ostomy care, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist patient with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN.

Robinson Terrace (December to January 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, assist patient with activites of daily living, reported findings to instructor and LPN.

Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (September to November 2012) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, assist patient with activites of daily living, reported findings to instructor and LPN.

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Aug 3, 2013

Okay so I added in what exactly I did at clinical but it seems a bit long now. Suggestions for this section?:
Bassett Medical Center: OR, Women's health, Dialysis, Primary Care, GI lab, Medical-Surgical Units, Special Care Unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, provide ostomy care, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN.
Oneonta Specialty Services: Urgent Care, Oneonta Specialty Services clinic (February to June 2013) Obtain vitals and assist preceptor in client care.
Fox Hospital: Medical-Surgical Unit, Maternity unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist patient with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN. Obtain vitals, weigh and bathe newborn, performed newborn assesssment and documented findings. Perform postpartum assessment on Mother and documented findings.
O'Connor Hospital: ER, Ambulatory Surgery, Labratory and Radiology. Specialty Care Clinic, Medical-Surgical Unit (February to June 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, ostomy care, check blood glucose levels, give medications, assist patient with activities of daily living, worked with and reported findings to RN.
Robinson Terrace (December to January 2013) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, assist patient with activites of daily living, reported findings to instructor and LPN.
Chestnut Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (September to November 2012) Obtain, monitor and document vitals, document intake and output, assist patient with activites of daily living, reported findings to instructor and LPN.

Don't list the tasks; instead, what population did you have? In Women's Health, did you have post OP care for a mastectomy, or a prolapsed uterus??? Cancer patients??? What cases did you see in the OR??? Dialysis: HD or Peritoneal??? OB:did you have anyone with at-risk s/s??? What was your ratio of mom/baby?

Radiology: was it interventional radiology???

GI lab: were you exposed to endoscopy, colonoscopy cases? Routine or emergency cases?

List a short statement of the clinical exposure you had; most tasks are the rule; the exception is if you had constant familiarity with GYN cases, familiarity with pre-OP/procedure or post-OP care/procedure; familiarity with Dialysis preparation or if you had a patient with PD and learned and was involved with the care.

I hope this is much more clear for you. :yes:

Iâ™¥Scrubs, LPN · Aug 5, 2013

Should I even put the clinical experience on there? I mean some of it was in clinics and some of it was on the floors at the hospital, so I have a variety of places I went to. At the clinics I really just did vitals and otherwise observed. They expect we did clinical and they know what we did. So should I just take it off? Or should I just list the different sites? I mean my experiences were pretty uniform to all the other people in my class.

LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN · Aug 5, 2013

I would narrow down specific experiences at clinicals...sometimes it is not where but WHAT..if you are going for a clinic position, then list that you had clinical time at a clinic, performed pt teaching, etc. I spent a whole semester at a pediatric clinic assisting with the asthma clinic for public health, as well as their urgent clinic. I taught, did follow up calls, maintained education board and literature. If I was going for a urgent care pediatric position or a pediatric office, I would list that exposure because its relevant. It should take about 2 lines to describe what clinical practice and what population you had in your experience. For example:

Clinical practicum consisted of post-OP lobectomy clients; chronic trach/vent patients; post OP decannulation teaching....or something like that.

If you did Rehab:

Clinical practicum consisted of post hip and knee arthroplasty, fasciotomy care; colostomy care and teaching...things specific to being familiar with care of rehab patients. Some specifics that will catch a recruiter's eye...

Hope this is much more clear as my previous example and post.