resume help needed please!

[no_ego]

First of all, thank you in advance for those who will take the time to answer my question! It is truly appreciated!

I am a new grad nurse (no medical experience yet) and am trying to finish up my resume. My question is do I or should I list common skills such as dressing changes, medication administration...?

The reason I left it out was that I feel as these are common tasks that all nursing graduates should be able to perform or can be assumed that a nursing grad has done.

As of now, I dont have a "skills section" on my resume. My resume basically has the following section:

-Professional Profile

-Licenses and Certifications

-Education

-Accomplishments

-Clinical Experience-i.e. senior practicum and rotations for which I just listed Location/Unit/Hrs

-Employment History

Again, any and all advice is greatly appreciated!

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

no_ego, please get one! When you get that interview... confidence is the first thing they are looking for.

How about some of these: assessment, confidentiality, client safety/comfort,record maintenance, client /public interaction.

Include your computer skills, Outlook, MS office, etc. Think about what your instructors told you you excelled in and try to include that.

Good luck! Keep us posted.

[no_ego]

thank you for your input. It is NOT a question of lacking skills:)... but rather the preference to not clutter up my resume with things which I would assume are obvious that a new nurse is able to do like assessments, documentation, ensuring patient safety....

[camhout68]

great advice!

[camhout68]

I haven't read everyone's response yet so sorry if I duplicate. If your a new nurse, I was told a one page resume should be used. I would still list the items/topics that you feel "people assume the obvious". These ARE skills, clinical experience in cardiology, telemetry, patient assessment, med surg, etc. make a "dummy" resume just through everything on there, all your work, all your experience both personal and professional. Then look at it, ask your self "will this 'skill' help me or hurt me, is this relevant to the job I am looking for, if past experience was working as a cook, and that's all you have, then it's relevant because you had to multitask, prioritize, show leadership and so on. HOpe this helps some.