Ready for new job, need help with resume

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Hello all! I'm looking to move on from my Med-Surg job and need some advice on my resume. Here's what I have so far:

Work Experience

(Hospital Name) October 2016 - Present

  • Provided Nursing care for adult and geriatric patients on a fast-paced Medical-Surgical unit.
  • Preceptor to orient new hospital employees and senior Nursing students
  • Selected as the unit Survey Ambassador for (Hospital Name)'s 2018 Workforce Engagement Survey
  • Served as a member of the hospital's Evidence-Based Practice Committee
  • Member of the hospital's first Evidence-Based Practice Fellowship class
  • Involved in hospital research project with Evidence-Based Practice Fellowship
  • Chosen as the unit CAUTI Champion to educate staff on new CAUTI prevention policies and procedures
  • Proficient with Sunrise Clinical Manager for patient documentation

Licensure and Certification

New York State Registered Nurse - License Number - (license number here) July 2016 - Present

American Heart Association - BLS May 2016 - Present

Education

(University Name) August 2012 - May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude

Grade Point Average - 3.628

Honors/Achievements

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - Member May 2016 - Present

(University Name) Dean's List 2012 - 2014, 2016

Should I add anything else? Skills? Any other experience? I feel that my resume is too short. Any advice that anyone can offer would be great. Thank you!

Specializes in Pedi.

I think it's fine unless you have relevant volunteer experience to add. I prefer to not see GPAs on resumes for non-new grads because I don't think it's relevant in the least once you're a working nurse but maybe others have different opinions.

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