Please help critique my resume! Only 1.5 years experience, relocating, desperate...

[SCRN82]

Thanks for looking, and any tips you can offer. Sorry this looks kind of terrible, the formatting doesn't copy over no matter what I do...Thanks again everyone:)

ObjectiveTo provide excellent nursing care to pediatric patients and families guided by education, research and compassion.

EducationBachelor of Science in Nursing, May 2008

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

Dean's List (Fall 2006 - Spring 2008)

Student Class Representative to Shepherd Nursing Department (Spring 2008)

GPA 3.5

Clinical Learning Experience

Senior Year

Obstetrical Unit, City Hospital, Martinsburg, WV (Spring 2008)

Shenandoah Health Village Center, Charles Town, WV (Spring 2008)

Telemetry Unit, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA (Fall 2007)

Pediatrics Unit, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA (Fall 2007)

Panhandle Home Health, Martinsburg, WV (Fall 2007)

Junior Year

Behavioral Health Unit, City Hospital, Martinsburg, WV (Spring 2007)

Medical Surgical Unit, City Hospital, Martinsburg, WV (Spring 2007)

Homewood Retirement Center, Frederick, MD (Fall 2006)

Related Work Experience

July 2008 - Present xyz Hospital Pediatric Unit

RN

* Provided culturally sensitive care in a diverse Magnet hospital as a staff RN for a nine bed Pediatric unit, balanced charge duties and up to five patients, oriented new RNs and precepted student nurses. Experience with CR monitoring, peripheral and central lines, administering blood and TPN, chest tubes, PALS and PEARS certified. Promoted education and professional standards as a member of hospital Ethics and Research committees.

July 2007 - April 2008 xyz Hospital NICU

Nurse Tech

* Assisted nurses and physicians as needed, facilitated communication between units, monitored visitor access to unit, entered orders in computerized documentation system, maintained infection control protocols and specialized medical equipment.

[phoenixAsclepius]

To be honest? go with your experience first and education second. They're looking for experience so give the that first. make sure you put lines in between your various sections like your objective and education. makes it easier to read.

[caliotter3]

Have to agree that you need to rearrange. Education always should come after experience, unless there is absolutely no experience. I read in a resume book lately that the "objective" should be left off, considered to be unnecessary. I would also use the phrase, "proficient with" instead of "experience with". Someone who has no clue can say they have "experience" with equipment, but "proficient" states that you know what you are doing.

[wsuRN09]

You have experience, 1.5 years is more than none, so I would highlight that closer to the top of your resume. Without reading your thread title, I felt like I was reading the resume of a new inexperience graduate. Also, I would list all of your certifications, PALS etc. in their own section so that a person reading your resume doesn't have to hunt for them. HR has to read hundreds, if not more, resumes so you want your credentials to stand out.

I too have heard that you should leave the "objective statement" off your resume, but then again I was told by a friend in an HR department that she liked them. She said it indicated to her that the applicant had at least read the position description and had re-done their resume to fit the job.

[ukstudent]

You need to take out all your school clinical rotations. You are not a new grad and everyone that went to nursing school did the same rotations. You need to expand your nursing experience since getting your RN.

[kpaola1983]

I agree, you should elaborate on your work experience first. Education is after. I was also told to leave of GPA info....even as a new grad. GPAs tend to be irrelevant for work interviews. Also you should put your PALS and PEARS under a "Certifications" section.