any help with my resume would be gladly appreciated

caseywestt · Dec 8, 2012

List any awards/honors that you have! Ex: dean's list, nursing honor societies, etc. It looks like you have great experience!

heron21 · Dec 9, 2012

Unless you are applying to a facility where you completed your clinical, then I would not have listed your clinical sites. All nursing programs require clinicals, so your clinical list does nothing to let you stand out, UNLESS, again, if you can show to the potential employer that "I completed a clinical HERE at your facility and loved it so much that I want to WORK HERE."

Your certification list is impressive. Did you utilize these skills as an Orderly? For example, did you draw blood, perform EKG's etc.? If so, specifically list this under your employment as an Orderly. With that said, volunteer experience can be a great highlight on your resume, but we can't tell what you did there exactly. Try to list accomplishments, if you can, rather than simple job descriptions. Be specific about skills you have done, or have experience in (i.e., don't say "bedside procedures" and simply state examples in parenthesis-- It almost downplays these valuable experiences!). Instead, say something like, " Assist nurse in bedside procedures including care for Stages I-IV ulcers,.....X, Y, Z." And of course, include skills that you were able to do independently, like, " Assist in patient ambulation, hygiene care, X,Y,Z. Removal of peripheral IV's, foley catheters (if you did these), X, Y, Z...."

Remember in a resume, it's not so much what you've done, but what you've accomplished. Show off your successes! Brag a little (or a lot) about what you can do, your proven skills! Good luck to you!

bigp71 · Dec 9, 2012

thanks heron21 i will highlight volunteer experiences and orderly skills, yeah been applying to the hospitals i did clinical's at. got certified after i left job to finish nursing school.still glad i got certified cause was not afraid giving injections in some of my clinical's because of that course.

bigp71 · Dec 9, 2012

thanks! caseywestt will do

coughdrop.2.go, BSN, RN · Dec 11, 2012

If you were able to do charting during clinicals with any EMR's then I would list the name of that program. I know most people say don't put your clincial sites but as I'm applying for certain hospitals, mostly Magnet sites, they want to see your clincial sites, dates, and hours so I leave it. Plus I add my Simulation hours because I think that's a good thing to note that during this roation I had X amount of Simulation hours. A lot of hospitals are implementing simulation in to their practices so that makes you stand out a bit. So far so good :)

bigp71 · Dec 13, 2012

thanks for advice i did charting in my pediatric clinical thats about it nurses on floor would just show me how it works if they had the time