resume question

[sugarbetty]

im a new nurse, graduated may 2011. been working for 6 months. The resume i was using had my clinicals listed with a little detail to show "some" experience. my question is now that i have worked as a nurse for 6 months, do i take those clinicals off my resume? thanks for any advise.

[llg, PhD, RN]

Yes. I think you should take most of them off.

But ... if you are going to apply for a job in which one of those clinicals was especially relevant, you might want to include that one clinical experience -- clearly labeling it as a student experience that you had while in school.

You might also leave on any really "special" ones that are unusual or particularly in-depth, such as a senior year capstone experience. You might leave that on for a little while longer. For example, you might say:

BSN, May 2010 XYZ University. Senior capstone experinece in the spring of 2010 consisting of 150 hours of preceptored clinical practice on the ABC unit of DEF Hospital.

... and BTW: I think it is great that you are updating your resume. I think everyone should do that every 6 months or so. That way, important information is not lost/forgotten ... and the resume is always ready when you need it.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

Rather than removing it from your resume, maybe you should abbreviate the section. Move in under your education heading and list something like:

Nursing University DEC 2010, BSN, GPA. X.X

Clinical experience: Med/Surg 250 hours. Pediatrics/obstetrics 250 hours. 150 hour clinical partnership ICU

[tokidoki7, ASN, RN]

I'm a new RN and I need to update my resume now. How should I place 'clinical experince' on my resume? If I put it under EDUCATION, would 'clinical experience' be CAPITALIZED, bold and underlined as well? Or should I put it in italics only?

Another problem is that I have a BS from a university that's being overshadowed by all the 'clinical experience' (I took out the peds,ob, and geriatric clinicals because I didn't think it was relevant). What should I do to make that stand out? So far my resume looks like this:

EDUCATION

Community College of Any County, Anytown, PA

Associate of Science Degree in Nursing, May 20xx

Clinical Experience

• Hospital A, Unit 1- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Spring 20xx)

• Hospital B, Unit 2- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Spring 20xx)

• Hospital C, Unit 3- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Fall 20xx)

• Hospital D, Unit 4- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Fall 20xx)

• Hospital E, Unit 5- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Spring 20xx)

• Hospital F, Unit 6- Medical-Surgical, Anytown, PA (Fall 20xx)

University of Anytown, Anytown, PA

Bachelor of Science in Whatever, December 20xx

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hospital XYZ, Unit 123- Medical-Surgical, Anytown PA

Staff Nurse, August 2011- Present

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HEALTH RELATED EXPERIENCE

CNA, etc. . . .