Updating My Resume After 1 Year

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Specializes in Urology, ENT.

My husband who will be applying for early separation from the Air Force later this year means we will be moving to Florida. When he applies, I will have had 1 year of MedSurg experience with a few months in geri-psych.

My question is how do I rearrange my resume? As a new grad, I had placed my clinical rotations at the top of my resume since I lacked experience. I'm under the impression I should probably get rid of my clinical rotations and emphasize my RN experience, but how? Currently, this is what my resume looks like (with some rearrangements from the text window since Word doesn't work well on here):

Rum Wynnie, BSN, RN

5555 Mars St.

Apt. t

Somewhere, AR 02123

OBJECTIVE: To obtain an RN position on a Medical-Surgical Floor.

EDUCATION: Virdian City University

Graduated December 2012

Bachelor's of Science in Nursing

GPA: 3.02

RN LICENSES: Arkansas

R010101

Texas

22222

CERTIFICATIONS: Basic Life Support

March 2013 to March 2015

EXPERIENCE: RN 1

Religious Hospital Medical Center

6Z, General Surgery

City, AR 72727

August 2013 to present

Registered Nurse

Rural Hospital Medical Center

Geriatric Psych

Rural, AR

March 2013 to August 2013

Front Desk Agent/Night Auditor

Big Chain Hotel

Big Metropolis, TX 73737

May 2008 to May 2009

CLINICAL ROTATIONS: Pallet Specialty Hospital in the Viridian Medical Center

Fall 2010

North Pewter Medical Center

Spring 2011

Cerulean Women's and Children's Hospital

Fall 2011

Ravenclaw Memorial Hospital

Spring 2012

St. Mungo's General Hospital

Summer 2012

Twinleaf Cancer Center

Fall 2012

AFFILIATIONS: Peer Leader, VU SON

Responsible for planning reviews with mentor and group to improve

group members' HESI score.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: Volunteer on Dialysis Unit, Cerulean Women & Children's Hospital

August 2007 to October 2008

I'm guessing I should be getting rid of the last three sections, but will that make my resume too short?

Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Get rid of the school clinicals, but keep your volunteer work and group leader work. Those were experiences that you sought outside of school requirements -- not ones that all students do.

Also, add a small blurb about the nature of your staff nurse roles -- e.g. the type of patients served, were you a Charge Nurse? Preceptor? Serve on any unit committees? etc. Did you get a good score on your employee evaluations? Key care skills mastered, etc. What kinds of experience is that staff nurse job developing in you that will be an asset to your next employer?

Specializes in Urology, ENT.

Thank you!

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