Resume question

I dropped clinicals after I got my first FT RN job. I had a per diem flu clinic job immediately after graduation and kept clinicals on with that because I was essentially still a new grad. After I got my FT job clinicals came off but the flu clinic stays on for now.

Thanks, hiddencatRN. I guess that means my school info has to go too (shame, 'cause it looks good). At least NOT having school and clinical stuff there means my resume doesn't absolutely scream "newbie!"

I think once you've been employed as an RN, the clinical stuff has got to go. It's not any experience employers actually care about and it doesn't speak to your skills as a nurse.

I was at my first nursing job for nearly 5 years. I left earlier this year. I included no clinical information on my resume (other than my community health clinical which was completed in Nicaragua because that is something exemplary) but did leave on some non-nursing jobs that spoke to my experience with children. I like to keep my resume up-to-date and have since deleted those things now that I have 3 actual nursing jobs on there (I currently work a full-time and a per diem job).

I keep my GPA and graduation honors on my resume. Not everyone does well in nursing school so I keep that on. Everyone did clinicals in school. If you did something stand out and unique in school, go ahead and keep it on the resume. But I would put your work experience higher on the resume.

My layout is now:

Name & contact info

Licenses and certifications

Nursing work experience

Education

Professional memberships/Volunteering

Thank you both. Looks like some sound advice. :)

I've only had one nursing job for 2+ years, so I have listed a couple of clinical placements, and one related job (non nursing). I disagree that employers don't care about clinical placements. It depends on the nature of your placement. Two of my final placements included OR and an 80 bed med surg unit. You can bet I list those.