Please critique my resume :)

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Hello. I graduated last year. Theres only one hospital i really want to work at, it's my dream hospital (although I will be applying to other hospitals). I am applying to their New Grad Nurse Residency Program, and I am writing a cover letter for a unit that's close to med/surg. I don't have a specific interest in what unit i want to work on, and this hospital limits to what new grad ADNs can do. Should I just put down whatever unit is closest to med/surg feel and say that's what I am really interested in?

Here is my cover letter: [https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A23a2e4cc-3c08-420c-865e-e403500083ce](https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A23a2e4cc-3c08-420c-865e-e403500083ce)

I put the arrow there and bolded some things because although these are not the areas I am interested in, these are the areas where I seen how well of a team this organization is during my clinicals in my third semester. Should I leave out the units and not mention me being a loyal patient? I have been going to this hospital since I was a baby! It's one of the top hospitals in the nation. I've been going there as a patient for years.

Is it ok to repeat some skills from my resume onto my cover letter? Some of those skills i mentioned in the cover letter are not listed on my resume. Should update my resume and include them or will it not matter?

Any advice is welcomed. I feel like it’s bulky, not sure what to take out. What else should I add to it?

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I don't see a copy of your resume.

Don't mention being a patient. Only mention one sentence on what you like about the hospital and then spend the rest of the cover letter telling what you bring to the table.

Below is what you wrote:

I have become skilled in communication, organization, attention to detail, and multi-tasking. In addition to these skills, I have a desire to learn, I am patient-professional, a good listener, patient, and I have the passion for providing quality care to patients.

This is too general...they see this in every resume..what ABOUT the PICU caused you to want to work there?

Also, Google "the most overused words in a resume". I took all of them out of mine.

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