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Little help please!

0Hi guys!

I've been working as an ICU RN for a little over 1.5 years (first job out of school) and want to start working on my resume. As a fairly new nurse, do you ever include work as a patient care tech (worked as one in another ICU for 2.5 years) or do you leave it out because it's not professional work? I'm just wondering how I should format my resume and what I should include. Thanks a bunch!

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    I'd definitely add that. It may not be nursing experience, but it is parient care experience and it also gave you that much more ICU experience. It also shows a good track record with employment.

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    My first few jobs I listed everything, not just health jobs. It shows how reliable you are (length of employment), and determination to work and support yourself.

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    If you're still fairly young or fairly new to nursing, it might be a good idea for your resume to go back to before you were a nurse. It lets an employer know a bit more about you, your work ethic, your background. If you're a bit older and have been a nurse for a decade or more, then the pre-nursing experience loses relevance and just takes up room on the resume.

    The tech experience is still valuable in my opinion. It shows that you can see things from a nurse's perspective and from a tech's. You can highlight that you work well with others because you have personal knowledge of what their jobs entail.

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    Thank you! How would I list it though? Separately from my professional experience?

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    Early on, I listed my pre-nursing jobs. I'd been a CNA, a church organist (paid staff position), and I'd freelanced as a singer/organist/pianist for weddings. Once I was over 5 yrs in, I limited it to my nursing jobs

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    Thank you! How would I list it though? Separately from my professional experience?

    I put mine under "work history"

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    Thank you!! Did you have a separate section for professional experience or you just lumped all of your work experience together??

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    Thank you!! Did you have a separate section for professional experience or you just lumped all of your work experience together??

    All under work history

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    In your case, use "work experience" instead of "professional experience" as others said, and use a reverse chronological format for your employment history.

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    All together under Work Experience. Do it chronologically.

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