Listing Clinicals on Resume? Do or Don't

[mfrancisco]

Hi everyone,

I've been searching various threads about this topic, and I just wanted to get some opinions. I couldn't come up with a definitive answer. I'm working on my resume (new grad this upcoming May), and don't know if I should be listing my clinical rotations, hours, hospitals, etc. Someone had a good point when they said that every nursing school has similar rotations, so the person that you are sending your resume to already knows what the clinical hours generally consist of. What do you think? Should I just omit them, and list work experience and volunteer experience.

Also, do we list GPA? Thanks! My resume is pretty much ready to go except for the clinicals/GPA questions. Thanks!!!

[dhusc1228]

I had the basics on mine, no luck. I added what I did specifically that went above and beyond or targeted an area that I worked I got 6 interviews in 2 days.Even interest from hospitals in DFW which is hard to get. If you can afford to have a resume writer do it, it helps tremendously!

[mfrancisco]

Thanks for the response! I have been thinking about having a resume writer do mine. Did you find one online? I have found some, but want someone with nursing resume experience specifically. Did you use someone online, and do you mind sending me a private message with the company you used? Thank you so much!

[sckitty]

How did the professional resume writing go? I'm thinking I'm going to do that too.

[tokyoROSE, BSN, RN]

I listed the hospital and the unit that are relevant to what I applied for. I would list my med/surg rotations when applying for med/surg positions, and so on. I definitely believe it helps because it was brought up a lot during my interview. I listed "magna cum laude" because it is an accomplishment and was also discussed during interviews.

[starghadeer]

DO! most hospitals i've applied for ask for the clinical rotations with the following information: unit, # of hours, dates, location. if you don't want to do that, at least put where you did your preceptorship.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

Absolutely list your clinical rotations! In my new-grad resume I listed each clinical individually, how many hours I completed and what skills/types of patients I cared for.

When I got the interview for the position that I now hold, the manager stated specifically that she was very impressed by the way I detailed my clinical experience on my resume.

[mfrancisco]

Thank you so much for your responses!! My initial feeling was to put down the clinicals. I got a bit confused after reading all of the different opinions. I also feel like my resume is going to be too long with all of that on there. I like the idea of putting the experiences that are relevant to the job I will be applying for. I also read somewhere that it may be a good idea to enclose a separate page with all of the clinical experiences listed out.

I have completed my resume, and I feel like it looks good, but this is so important that I am still thinking about having it professionally done. I just finished my last clinical rotation, and am now going to be starting preceptorship in a couple of weeks, so I have a some time to work on all of this. The problem is I want to use a service that specifically does resumes for new grad nurses. I'll have to do some research, and I will post any info that I find.

Again, thanks for your responses. It makes sense to put the clinical experiences. We spent a whole semester in a very busy teaching hospital, so I wouldn't want to leave that out. Thanks!!!

[caliotter3]

I had health care experience as a CNA and listed that for a long time until I had enough nursing experience to fill up my resume so I could drop the CNA entries. I was able to get jobs with that without having to list clinical experience.