Resume critique (new grad, no healthcare experience)

[Derringer]

Please provide suggestions. My prior career is completely different from healthcare. State is California

My Name, RN

Address Phone Number [email protected]

Registered Nurse (California, #-------)

A professional customer support provider with strong communication skills dedicated to top-quality patient care and advocacy. Excellent time management and critical thinking for maintaining patient well-being. Knowledgeable in care of a wide variety of medical cases from CHF, DM, Post-Cardiac Catherization,CBI for TURP, Stroke, Arthritis, to post mortem care and others.

Education Nurse College 8/11-5/13

Associates Degree in Nursing

University of Blank 8/06-8/10

Bachelor of Arts Molecular Cell Biology with emphasis in Neurobiology

Clinical Experience

• Over 500 hours combined Clinical Experience including Preceptorship on Medical Surgical, Telemetry, ER, ICU floors (should I list the names of the facilities?)
  
• Performed assessment, patient teaching, evaluation, PO, IV, Topical, IM medications, Blood transfusion, TPN administration, Glucose monitoring, continuous bladder irrigation, NG/PEG Tube feeding, IV insertion, Central Line dressing care, ECG interpretation, post-op BKA care, post mortem care.
  

Work History

Marketing Manager, Customer Support Leader

Some Japanese Import Distribution Company 7/10-Current

• Advocated consumer suggestions and concerns to manufacturers
  
• Created Facebook and Twitter pages to better facilitate consumer and manufacturer communication
  
• Troubleshoot and resolution of consumer product inquiries
  
• Provided Japanese to English translation and localization
  

Volunteer History

Student Nursing Association Treasurer

Nurse College 8/12-5/13

Pediatrics and ER volunteer

Some Hospital near my house 9/04-5/06, 9/10-8/11

• Provided social/therapeutic activities and assisted with comfort needs including ambulation, reading, writing, playing
  
• Assisted nurses in room keeping and medical supply maintenance and clerical tasks
  

Medical Intern/Receptionist

Different Hospital near my house 4/05-8/05

• Performed clerical work answering phones, scheduling appointments, retrieved patient files
  

Kitchen Volunteer

Local Church 3/01-Current

• Prepared and served food, table cleaning, supply restocking for fish fry event for over 10 yrs
  

Skills/Certifications

ACLS,BLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Internet Explorer)

QuickBooks data entry and management.

Computer and electronics troubleshooting

Fluent in Fujian Chinese dialect, and partial fluency elementary Japanese (Speaking, Reading,Writing)

[jennafezz]

many of those words don't need to be capitalized. too many for me to list right now but examples are "glucose" and "speaking, reading, writing".

[Derringer]

Thank you. What do you think of the content and organization?

[cc9874123]

A resume should be able to be skimmed in 3 - 5 seconds. Your skills and certifications seem to be more important than your non-medical work history and some volunteer work. Flaunt your ACLS/BLS and bilingual abilities with your health care training, front and center. Some of the computer training that you obtained for your previous job wouldn't necessarily be as notable for an RN position, and could possibly be trimmed out of your resume.

Good luck applying for jobs! :)

[Derringer]

Thank you everyone, do you feel I should list the names of the facilities I did my clinicals at?

[sourapril]

If you have lots of space, list each clinical. Otherwise I would just say how many hours and what you did. I agree with the previous poster about emphasizing on your skills and certificates.