Resume Help

[qrkid]

I am graduating nursing school in May. Getting started looking for a 1st job. I have heard that putting skills on the resume is not a great idea because it is assumed that you cando the basics if you passed school and the NCLEX. Not sure if I have gone too far in the other direction. Any help/opinions/observations are appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help.

Profile

· Detail-oriented, compassionate nurse with strong work ethic. Skilled at communicating effectively with clients, co-workers and management with the ability to build lasting relationships. Able to effectively prioritize and multi task to deliver quality patient care within the acute and long term care settings.

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Education

· Associate Degree Nursing XYZ Community College. Expected 05/2016

· Diploma Practical Nursing XYZ Community College. (2015)

· B.S.in Hotel, Restaurant Management. PQRS University (1999)

Certifications and Qualifications

· LPN ABC Board of Nursing License # *****

· American Heart Association BLS for Health Care Providers

· Experienced with EPIC electronic medical record system

· 650+ hours of acute care clinical experience

Work Experience

Licensed Practical Nurse - Great Place Long Term Care 09/2015 – present

· Manage time effectively to deliver compassionate, safe care to residents in long term, rehab, and memory care settings.

· Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team to implement health care plan for residents.

· Effectively communicate with medical team and family members.

· Develop and guide unlicensed assistive personnel to maintain high levels of safety and care.

Certified Nurse Aid - Local Regional Level 2 Trauma Center 09/2011 - 03/13

Big Hospital in another City 09/2010 – 06/2011

· Worked with multi-disciplinary team to provide compassionate, empathetic, safe care on cardiac telemetry and cardiac telemetry/surgical units

· Multi tasked to effectively manage my time to consistently and accurately perform Vital sign monitoring, blood glucose testing, EKG testing, assisting with ADL's, and post cardio thoracic surgical ambulation.

Hospitality General Manager - Publicly Traded Coffee Company 01/2001 – 08/2007

Apple Rio Management 06/1999 – 08/2000

· 1 of 5 recipients of service excellence award amongst 500 locations for exceptional customer service.

· Awards for leading regional sales promotions

· Mentored and developed manager in training candidates according to company guidelines.

· Responsible for operation, activities and functions of a full service restaurant and retail coffee establishments.

· Accomplished human resource objectives by recruiting, training and scheduling team of employees

· Communicated job expectations; holding team accountable and enforcing policies and procedures.

· Responsible for maximizing profits by controlling labor and cost of product and weekly P&L analysis.

[qrkid]

any thoughts from anyone?

[2mint]

Not bad, but I'd leave out the 650+ clinical hours; besides that, I think you should go with more consistency under Work Experience, i.e. 4 bullet points, 4.., and 4...as it is you have 4, 2, and 7, which could reflect your "lack of attention to details", that is, if you print out your resume now, it would look messy, lacking flow.

However, this is just me, recognizing that HR/Hiring manager's tedious work of looking over hundreds of resumes, and given they only spend about 20-30 seconds per resume, I prefer to present my resume in the best light possible--clean, uncluttered, and easy on the eye.

This is, of course, just one person's opinion.