Looking for someone to critique my resume

[Kaysmom8]

Hello,

Would someone look at my resume, I haven't done one in 9 years & my school didn't help us at all on one. Thank you

**xxxxx xxxxx, RN

123 Easy Street | 555-555-555 | [email protected]

Objective

Extremely detail-oriented and patient-focused Registered Nurse with excellent interpersonal skills and strong ability to create, implement and document efficient and effective methods of operations.

Education

Diploma | Oct 2013 | xxx School of Nursing

Registered Nurse

xxx Above and Beyond award September 2012

Academic High Honor 3.25 GPA

Diploma | 2005 | xxxxxx xxxxxxxx Academy

Medical Assistant

Licensure & Certifications

Registered Nurse

xx Board of Nursing, License Number ********

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR and AED) December 2012

American Heart Association, Renewal date December 2014

Experience

Manager | xxxxxx xxxxxx Laboratory | Sept 2006 to Dec 2012

Responsible for on-site collection, processing and transportation of laboratory specimens

- Coordination of patient care

- Processing of lab orders

- Billing inquiries

- Insurance Verification

- Prompt reporting of critical lab values

- Data entry

- Patient education

- Employee training

- ICD-9 coding

Donor specialist II | xxxxxxx Blood Bank | Dec 2005 to Sept 2006

Performed phlebotomy functions within blood donor center as well as mobile blood-bank units

- Venipuncture & Capillary Puncture

- Blood collection & Handling safety

- Patient & Donor care

- Quality Assurance & Controls

References

Available upon request

[llg, PhD, RN]

It looks pretty good to me ... except ... What type of position are you applying for? If you are applying for a staff nurse position, you should include some material about your NURSING school experiences. Your lab experience is dominating the nursing. You should condense the lab stuff a little and highlight the nursing more.

For example, did you do any sort of senior-year preceptorship or capstone in nursing school? Did you do any special projects related to the type of nursing job you are seeking? Did you participate in a student nurse organization? Are you interested in working with a particular patient population? What special things did you do to get that "above and beyond" award? etc.

Your lab experience may get the recruiter to give you a second look ... but they'll want to know "who you are as a nurse" in order to hire you.

[Kaysmom8]

Thank you I will condense the lab skills. Where should I add the nursing skills? Should I create a skills section or add them under nursing school?

[llg, PhD, RN]

It depends on what they are and how much you have to say. If there is a lot to say ... I would make a separate section for them in order to keep your education section short and cohesive. If it's only 1 or 2 lines, I would include it in the education section.

[KatRNBSN2014]

Add a "Clinical Experience" section. I found the attached pdf example on allnurses and have shaped my resume just like it. Look at her example of her "Clinical Experience" section.

NurseResumes.pdf