Nursing Resumes

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Hi, I was wondering if clinical rotation information should be added to the resume. :specs: Thanks!

you should include them!

list the department and the hospital...and the skills/experience that you have such as working with ventilators, dressing change, etc!

ONce you got a job as RN, then you won't have to include rotation anymore!

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Specializes in Mother/Baby and LDR.

I graduate at the end of July. I was wondering if I should put skills learned on the resume? I didn't think I should, since everyone that graduates from nursing school should have learned the same skills? What should I put on my resume? I have worked in corrections for the last 16 years. I do have a Student nurse job, 32 hours a month right now too. I just don't want my resume to look blank? I would like to see a sample of a Resume of a NEW Grad.

Thanks

Tina, soon to be RN:p

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We are being told to include all clinical rotations including facility/site, floor, amount of time there and specific skills/procedures (things above assessments etc) done there. I happened to be at a place for my last clinical that was all trachs and vents, since not all schools are sent to such places, its something that I was able to experience and "hone" my skills at.

Ditto that...we had a speaker come from our school to tell us what to put in our resumes...he said to put clinical information in!

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Specializes in Tele/New Grad.

http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/nursing/jobsearch_resume.html

There are some good sample resumes here and all around good information.

The samples on there do include clinical sites, but I did not put them on my resume.

I am revising my resume now, and I might make another version that does include clinical information.

I think including the clinical sites would be a good idea if you are applying to a hospital or unit you were on as a student.

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what you put on your resume is completely up to you. i went with the "one page, 12 pitch font" which doesn't give you a lot of room. i think there is a lot of truth that you just need one page to hit the highlights cause someone reading a lot of resumes doesnt' want an in depth play by play history ... that's what the interview is for. we were given tons of different resume examples. one suggestion from our instructor was to include your clincal rotations and clock hours whether you were in the medical field or not. i just graduated last, got a job today (yeah!!!) as a GVN, and did include name and total number of clinical hours. especially as vocational nursing programs are very hands on. this shows not only the hours, but i also did rotations in 3 different types of facilities. mine looked something like this under my nursing education header:

XYZ Nursing School Anywhere, USA

Vocational Nursing Graduated XX/xx/xxx (i put grad date since i haven't taken boards yet)

Clincials: 700 Clock Hours name of nursing home, name of hospital, name of LTAC

it just takes one extra line and 700 hours on the floor in a student nurse capacity looks good whether you are in the medical field or not!!! some resume's actually did go into explanations of skills performed, but i look at it as they expect a GVN to know all the skills and didn't think it is really necessary.

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Specializes in LTC/Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

I highlighted the extra LTC clinical we had, because I was applying to an LTC. Now I don't highlight my clinicals. Although when I was applying for peds. home care, I emphasized in my cover letter that I'd done x number of hours at our local Children's hospital.

Hope that helps!

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