Resume problems. Help?

[Lady_Lara]

This is my resume. I don't feel confident that it is what it needs to be. I wanted advice from people with nursing knowledge, since this is nursing specific, but I can't very well ask my co-workers at the job I want to leave. Any help would be much appreciated.

Summary of Qualifications

Registered nurse with over three years experience providing acute care in a hospital setting to a diverse group of patients.

Professional Experience

Anonymous Hospital, Location September 2006 - present

Staff RN, Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit

*Am accountable for providing and organizing care for a group of five to six patients each shift in a 34-bed unit.

*Have experience working with and providing age-appropriate care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient populations.

*Care for patients with a variety of diagnoses, including: cardiac, respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions. Provide post-operative care for patients who've undergone general surgical, orthopedic, and gynecological surgeries.

*Attend continuing education seminars and classes to improve my ability to practice in my chosen field. Successfully completed ECG interpretation course at Anonymous Hospital, and obtained advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification.

*Am responsible for providing patient and family teaching. Have provided instruction on insulin injections, home care of tube feedings, and on specific procedures and diagnostic tests such as non-treadmill stress tests.

*Perform a variety of skills, and have experience with IV access, wound care, and EKG strip interpretation and monitoring.

Education

Anonymous School of Nursing, Location

Bachelor's of Science in Nursing June 2006

[Locally Well known] Scholarship Recipient

Leadership Experience & Honors

*Primary Medical-Surgical day shift preceptor 2007 - present

oProvide clinical guidance and instruction to new graduate RNs for a period of two to three weeks. Responsibilities include providing one to one supervision for all patient care, participating in weekly meetings with management in order to assess progress and establish weekly goals, and tailoring the clinical experience for the unique needs of the individual RN.

*Employee of the Month, Anonymous Hospital September, 2008

*Member, Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, inducted June 2006

Licensure & Certification

RN License, State of Anonymous, Active

Current BLS Certification

Current ACLS Certification

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

looks good to me. I would omit "am" and "have" in first two qualifications.

[SlightlyMental_RN]

Use action words to begin each bullet:

Provided....

Worked...

Cared...

Attended...

Performed...

[akanini, MSN, RN]

Use action words to begin each bullet:

Provided....

Worked...

Cared...

Attended...

Performed...

Ditto...highly effective....beginning with action words.

[DogWmn]

You'll also want to target each job with "key" phrases. Most resumes are submitted via the 'net and HR will do a search to see if those words are in your resume, if not they'll trash them and never really read the whole thing.

For each job I apply to, I copy the job specs into a word document, then "tweak" my resume to make sure it matches the specs - I'm not fabricating info btw, I'm targeting job skills that I have and leaving off stuff that's not pertinant to that job. Example: "key" phrases might include; xyz computer software, ortho unit experience, my resume would state: Utilized xyz software extensively at ABC hospital then mention the things you generated with the software, Worked at St. Elsewhere in their Ortho unit for 5 years and then go on to state your specific duties - such as traction set up, CicleOlectric Beds yahda yahda.

Have a base resume to work from, be very specific about your skills and use "key" phrases.