Nurses LPN/LVN
Published May 2, 2011
LIZZIE1027
18 Posts
Hello Ladies,
After many months of waiting on BVNPT to make their decision on my licenses, I am finally getting my license!
So now I have to put together my resume, do you have any tips on what a entry level lpn resume should look like? I have worked in healthcare and currently working at Cedars Sinai Medical Center but it seems that everyone wants at least a year of nursing experience to land a job.
Thanks
Liz
NamasteNurse, BSN, RN
680 Posts
Liz,
Do a skills based resume. You have specific skills from your work, and clinicals such as :
med admin including IV's, PO, injections.
blook sugar monitoring
O2 admin
trach care
wound dressings
direct pt care
etc. be honest and put whatever your skills are.
you can also put things like excellent oral and written communication skills if that's true.
thanks I was so stuck on the I have no experience portion of this whole job search I forgot to include things like you mentnioed.
tiffnie, RN
25 Posts
Yes definitely include clinical experience as well as any other positions youve held that show your working habits. I am a new grad but i was just hired at an acute hospital, and I know a part of it was because I have 6 years of customer service experience, 3 as management, even though I have no nursing experience. In the interview they focused a lot of the questions on how I assisted my clients with problems, and related that to working with patients in the nursing field. So it might help to focus on all that you have accomplished in the field that you are in now, they will take it into account.