Working on two units.

[rumwynnieRN]

My manager runs 3 units -- one med/surg and two IMUs. She told me up front that she expected all of her employees to be able to work all three units. How do I put this information on my resume? I just recently qualified to work on the other two units (those units required coronary care and EKG classes), and I volunteer to work in the surgical IMU when the census is high.

For the following, we're going to say that my usual unit is 5N, and the two IMUs are 5P and 5S.

This is what that portion of my resume looks like without the additional IMU information:

(this is formatted much differently on Word)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse I

5N General Surgery/Bariatrics

St. Mungo's Medical Center

Hogwarts, NR

August 2013 to Current

n Managed care for bariatric and other general surgical/medical patients.

n Delegated tasks to nursing assistants through constant communication, adjusting care as patient's condition changed.

n Participated in and completed New Graduate RN Residency program. Completion based on ability to handle patient ratio of 1:4 to 1:6, communication with other staff RNs and doctors, and demonstrating competency in the following skills: starting IVs, NG tube and foley insertions.

Do I even put that information on my resume? They regularly pull nurses from each unit depending on the census, and if help is really needed in the IMU, core staff is pulled from 5N to fill the roles (a lot of us work 50/50 on either unit).

[jrt4]

I would suggest not including the name of the unit such as "5 South", "5 North", etc. This will mean nothing to someone outside of the organization. Instead I would say you are a nurse who works at ____Hospital. Follow that up with your skills. As a manager I am looking for what skills you have, not necessarily the units you have worked on. I would do something like the following:

Registered Nurse

St. Mungo's Medical Center

Hogwarts, NR

August 2013 to Current

Managed care of (types of patients surgical, medical, pediatric ICU, etc...) ... Advanaced competencies/skills include (telemetry monitoring, ventilator care, central lines, etc)...