Medic / New Grad Resume Help

[jayc1157]

Hey guys,

So I have been applying to a few open ED nursing positions with no luck and i wanted to get some feedback on my resume. I'm a recent graduate from an associates program and i have some prior experience as a paramedic. Unfortunately, i feel like ER Nursing Managers would care less if i have experience as a medic or not. So i wanted to see what you guys think of my resume and see if there is anything i can improve on.

Thanks

Bilingual speak Registered Nurse seeking challenging new graduate position in acute health care.

Professional Experience

xxxxxxx, Patient Transfer Coordinator 06/2014 - Present

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

· Coordinates and prioritizes emergent and non-emergent patient transfers from other hospitals to the member hospitals of the xxxxx.

· Understands and documents patient's clinical picture for transfer and admission.

· Expedites financial screening of transfer patients, which includes supplying key data elements to Patient Financial Services.

· Arranges appropriate Ambulance Service with patient transfers as needed.

· Notifies the requesting hospital of transfer approval, pick up time and location to transfer patients and ensures nursing report is provided to accepting hospital prior to transfer.

· Maintain and/or implement customer service performance improvement initiatives to tailor specific needs of physicians and other department users.

· Provide daily, weekly and monthly statistics to departmental and health system leadership.

xxxxxx, Paramedic / Field Training Officer 11/2004 – Present

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

· Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.

· Operate equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKG's), external defibrillator, ventilators or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments.

· Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.

· Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.

· Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.

· Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures under a physician's direction.

· Facilitates learning to ensure employees acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become a

successful employee.

· Serves as a mentor, role model and educational resource for fellow employees.

xxxxxxxxxx, Paramedic 11/2008 - 06/2010

Duties, Accomplishments and Related Skills:

· Respond to 911 calls for emergency medical assistance, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or bandaging a wound.

· Assess a patient's condition and determine a course of treatment.

· Help transfer patients to the emergency department of a healthcare facility and report their observations and treatment to the staff.

· Create a patient care report, documenting the medical care given to the patient.

Education

· Chamberlain College of Nursing: Nursing,

Bachelor's Degree 05/2016

· Montefiore School of Nursing, Major: Nursing,

Associate's Degree 12/2014

Licensures and Certifications

· Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of New York

· NYS Paramedic / NYC REMAC Paramedic

· BCLS, ACLS, PALS

[BR157]

You are right. Most nurse managers could care less if you are a Paramedic. To them you are a New Grad RN with no nursing experience. You also have no BSN and are in the state of NY which wants the BSN to be the minimum for entry. As some of us were told in Boston, ADN + Paramedic does not equal BSN. Do I think this is right? No. Most of the nurses on this forum will also tell you the BSN is of little value to being an RN and should not be a factor when it comes to hiring someone.

As for your resume, you need to clean up the lists a little. The Paramedic section is more like a listing as you think of the skills you do. Make the list flow smoothly from assessment thru documentation. You get a little redundant. Nurses also like to see the word protocol. It is better to say initiate protocols than under a physician. It sounds like the physician has to be right beside you.

Stomach suction? That is not really a good way to describe this. If you do sink an NG in the field it is usually for intubation but very few Paramedics actually do this. And even fewer Paramedics are going to start pumping the stomach in the field. If you are referring to this as an RN, you need to be specific and use terminology like NG/OG or gastric lavage. Stomach suction sounds like something an EMT-Basic might say.

Ambulance ride could also be reworded to say transport between facilities in an ambulance or where ever you transport. You could word some of it as EMTALA states by arranging the appropriate transport and providers to meet the needs of the patient. Streamline your tasks for the most impact.

If you are summiting a resume online, you need to look up guide lines to show the specific format which is read by computers which do the initial screening. It doesn't matter how good your experience is if the computer kicks it out. This might be fore something as simple as where you place your name and address. If you put it in the header, the computer probably won't pick it up and your resume gets passed up.

[chare]

As some of us were told in Boston, ADN + Paramedic does not equal BSN. Do I think this is right? No.

How exactly did you conclude that an ADN + EMT-P should be considered equivalent to a BSN

Most of the nurses on this forum will also tell you the BSN is of little value to being an RN and should not be a factor when it comes to hiring someone.

Really? You've read a thread on this forum where the majority of posters stated that the BSN is of little value? If so, please post the link.

[BR157]

How exactly did you conclude that an ADN + EMT-P should be considered equivalent to a BSN

Really? You've read a thread on this forum where the majority of posters stated that the BSN is of little value? If so, please post the link.

There is a whole section on this forum about the ASN VS BSN debate with many great arguments against the BSN.

https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/

North Dakota tried the BSN requirement and got rid of it. NY and NJ were supposed to get the BSN as entry but enough nurses put up a stink about it through their strong unions and that has been sidelined. But hospitals are still pushing for the BSN as entry be picky since there is an abundance of nurses. As some even posted here, a Paramedic with an ADN would be much more valuable than a BSN new grad RN.

Some hospitals will hire Paramedics with the ADN RN over the BSN regardless of what their hiring requirements are. But it is inconsistent. Several people are watching what is happening with the application made by an RN/Paramedic who posted on this site with only an ADN to a hospital well known to be BSN only. Several other very qualified applicants, Paramedics with ADNs, had their applications rejected based on the BSN only thing so if this person gets hired, it sets a precedent and that hospital will no be able to reject applicants for BSN only stuff.

Paramedics do bring a lot to the hospital. Their skills are unique. If Texas gets the legislation passed, Paramedics will be equals in the ER with RNs and will also be able to do things RNs can not in the ER. RNs who do flight are usually required to get the EMT and Paramedic certs in order to do the things necessary outside of a hospital.

So while the ADN + Paramedic degree does not equal a BSN, for experience and adding value to the workplace, it is a great combination and should be taken into consideration for hiring.

[chare]

There is a whole section on this forum about the ASN VS BSN debate with many great arguments against the BSN.

https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/

This doesn't answer my question. You made a very specific comment:

...Most of the nurses on this forum will also tell you the BSN is of little value to being an RN and should not be a factor when it comes to hiring someone.

I've closely followed many of the debates here regarding the ADN vs BSN issue and haven't seen this to be true.

[BR157]

This doesn't answer my question. You made a very specific comment:

I've closely followed many of the debates here regarding the ADN vs BSN issue and haven't seen this to be true.

I provided the link. If you are really following the debates you should have read the many posts about this. I think there are rules which prevent me from copying and pasting 1000s of posts here. It seems like almost everyday there is a new discussion about whether it is worth getting the BSN or if the ADN will do. You can read for yourself that many offer the advice to go with the ADN and decide on the BSN later.

I also provided an explanation for my statements.

But this is not the discussion started by the OP. I don't know what your issues are but you need to start a new discussion about them and give this one back to the OP.

You have added nothing constructive to the original post.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

This is NOT an ADN vs BSN debate.

Lets get back to the topic at hand - helping this poster with his resume. Thanks everyone

[jayc1157]

Thank you for your input.

[jayc1157]

You are right. Most nurse managers could care less if you are a Paramedic. To them you are a New Grad RN with no nursing experience. .

You can't blame them. Most RN's don't even know the difference between a paramedic and an EMT. The only thing i ever get asked is " Are you ACLS ? " I just laugh and say yes. When RN's start doing ride along in the back of the truck things will change. Nursing Students and Nurse's would benefit from it in my opinion.

[RunBabyRN]

Ditch the objective.

Move your licensure and certs to the top, above your work experience. Include your RN license number and expiration dates of licenses and certs.

In your cover letter, or somewhere in your resume, do include that you are bilingual, and in what language. Additionally, some hospitals won't even look at that unless you're a certified interpreter, so it might be worth looking into what this entails (I have no idea what that is). I would even include this in a skills summary; because of your extensive healthcare experience, you have enough that you could actually create this section, even as a new grad RN (I did this, too, because, like you've I've been in healthcare for a long time, but I'm a new nurse). It helps HR and managers to be able to have a section like that to scan, but only if it's relevant. Don't include the stuff all new nurses can do. Include what makes you stand out, and what's relevant to the position (certainly a lot of relevant stuff in the ER!!).

Are you going for your BSN? If so, be sure to include that in your education, and put the anticipated grad date.

When describing your duties at your jobs, put the critical thinking skills toward the top, like assessments and triage would go above EKGs. Managers are more interested in that stuff, and with how fast they have to scan resumes, it's important that it doesn't get lost in the minutiae.

I totally understand your frustration with your experience, and what you mean about nurses benefitting from doing ride-alongs. I learned stuff even as a first responder that I didn't ever learn in nursing school, and even more as a Navy corpsman! Just different stuff, but certainly applicable!

[resqbug]

I would highlight all of your clinical experiences for your RN program.

[paramedictracy]

I am also a paramedic and a new grad. I have an interview tomorrow with our local ED. I have past experience working in the ED as a medic as well. I had a phone interview and HR told me over a new grad my experience will help secure the position and very confident that the ED will be excited to have me!