2.5 yrs exp.- resume help please

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Hi all,

I have been at my current and only RN position since summer 2015. Because of personal circumstances and wanting to create a better work-life-family balance, I am going to start looking for a new position. I have gained so much experience at my current position and really feel as though my managers have afforded me many amazing opportunities which I am extremely grateful for. I want to be able to showcase my experience and skills but struggling at keeping my resume from becoming a laundry list. This is dreadful and would very much appreciate assistance at making this more concise, presentable, and appealing. Thanks in advance for your time.

Objective

  • To secure an RN II nursing position that will allow both personal and professional growth: maintaining clients' rights, respecting privacy, and providing safe and effective care all while remaining dedicated to improving the quality of life and health throughout adulthood.

Education

Bachelor's of Science in Psychology | may, 2012 | XXX

  • Major: Psychology
  • Honors: Dean's List
  • Research: Participated in several research and experimental opportunities held by the Psychology department. Attended American Psychological Association's annual conference in XXX.

Associate's degree in nursing | may, 2015 | XXX

  • Major: Nursing
  • Honors: Dean's List
  • Research: Increased health promotion by researching and educating the community on safe driving practices during a public Health Fair while collaborating with the Bureau of Highway Safety.
  • Clinical rotations: Long-term care, skilled nursing facility, medical-surgical, intensive care unit, maternity, home health and hospice, XXX. XXX Psychiatric Center, XXX. Cardiac and thoracic, orthopedics and post-operative,XXX

PRACTICAL NURSE | AUGUST, 2014 | XXX

  • Major: Practical Nurse
  • Clinical rotation: Long-term care, XXX

Certifications and Trainings

Registered nurse, license #, June, 2015-2018

Basic EKG rhythm and cardiac, 2015-present

Wound treatment Associate, Wound, Ostomy, continence Nursing Society (WOCN Society), 2016-present

Geriatric resource nurse, nurses improving care of healthsystem elders (NICHE), 2016-present

Basic life support, american heart association, 2013-present

Certified lactation counselor, the academy of lactation policy and practice, 2012-present

Dona trained doula, DONA international, 2012-present

Experience

RN II | XXX | July, 2015-present

Cared for teenagers, adults, and the geriatric populations on a medical-surgical floor specializing in post-surgical and orthopedic patients. Proficient with Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) and Super User for Pyxis Medication Systems. Perfect Attendance Award. Daisy Award nominee.

EXPANDED ROLE AND COMMITTEES: Wound Treatment Associate (WTA)-strengthened the wound team by making recommendations on steps to care for acute and chronic wounds including dressing choice, containment systems, ostomy appliances, vacuum-assisted closure devices, compression therapy for lower extremity vascular disease and lymphedema. Educated patients on how to care for new ostomies and wounds. Assisted in monthly Skin Prevalence study, assessing and documenting each patient on the unit while performing monthly chart audits. Involved with weekly GEMBA walks on unit with upper management in an effort to increase quality goals and performance of staff. Clinical Preceptor and Orientor for both precepting student nurses and newly hired RN's. One of several instructors for NUA Skin course, collaborating with WOCN-RN to create a strong and efficient group of NUA's to help promote skin integrity in some of our most susceptible populations. Member of Peer Review Committee, interviewing potential new hires. Member of the Safe Patient Handling and Fall Prevention Committees. Attended Safe Patient Handling conference, October, 2016, XXX. Interviewed for and appeared in XXX nursing recruitment video which aired both locally and nationwide. Also appeared in XXX magazine promoting XXX orthopedic center. Represented XXX for XXX job fairs, 2016 and 2017.

Bartender| XXX | August, 2005-September, 2009

Responsible for quality control of the bar, keeping detailed records of inventory, tracking beverage trends and working cooperatively with staff to enhance the in-house beverage program.

Restaurant Manager| XXX| August, 2003-August, 2005

Responsible for orienting and training new staff while enforcing the companies policies and vision. Implemented new strategies to increase staff performance while evaluating effectiveness. Maintained a safe and healthy work environment while promoting relationships between staff and clients with effective communication strategies. Assisted with end of shift audit reports and balancing cash checkout at the end of each evening.

References available upon request.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

1. You need to make your work experience more prominent. It is good experience and needs to be easy to find on the page. As I was skimming the earlier content, I kept wondering, "Where is the key piece of information? What experience does this person have?"

2. Shorten the education section. Your clinical rotations and student projects in your ADN program aren't important now unless they relate directly to the job for which you are applying. Omit that on all other jobs. Also, if you graduated with an ADN, you major was obviously Nursing -- so that can be eliminated, to. Simply state the Degree, Date, School and Dean's list. The same is true of you LPN education and Psych education. If you want to include some of the school projects, do it on a separate sheet. The shortened version will allow the reader to skim it quickly and get to your work experience sooner.

3. Next section: Work Experience -- and state the title of your position (Staff Nurse or whatever). Then give a brief description of major responsibilities. Work awards, committees, etc. should be in a list format -- not in a paragraph. A paragraph is hard to skim -- and the reader just wants to skim that stuff, not read a novel about it. Do that for each job.

Good luck!

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Specializes in Tele, ICU, Staff Development.

Here's a couple quick suggestions.

Education

ADN| 2015

Bachelor's of Science in Psychology | 2012

Credentials and Certifications

RN license 2015

Basic EKG Rhythm Interpretation

Wound Treatment Associate, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Society (WOCN Society)

Geriatric Resource Nurse, nurses improving care of healthsystem elders (NICHE)

BLS

Certified Lactation Counselor

Dona trained doula, DONA international

Experience

RN II | July, 2015-present

Med-Surg unit specializing in post-surgical and orthopedic patients.

  • Proficient with Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM)

  • Super User for Pyxis Medication Systems
  • Perfect Attendance Award
  • Daisy Award nominee
  • Preceptor
  • Engaged with WOCN-RN to reduce pressure injuries
  • Selected to represent organization at job fairs and video advertisements

Bartender| XXX | August, 2005-September, 2009

Responsibilities:

Quality control of the bar (what does this mean?)

Maintained detailed records of inventory records

Tracked beverage trends

Restaurant Manager| XXX| August, 2003-August, 2005

Responsibilities:

Oriented and trained new staff

Implemented new strategies to increase staff performance while evaluating effectiveness. (what does this mean?)

Completed end of shift audit reports and cash checkout balances

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Thank you very much for the helpful information.

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Better? This is just copy/paste, so format may be off.

Objective

· To secure an RN II nursing position that will allow both personal and professional growth: maintaining clients' rights, respecting privacy, and providing safe and effective care all while remaining dedicated to improving the quality of life and health.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY | MAY, 2012 | UNIVERSITY OF XXX

· Honors: Dean's List

ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN NURSING | MAY, 2015 | XXX

· Honors: Dean's List

Credentials and Certifications

• Registered Nurse, License #XXX, 2015

• Basic EKG Rhythm and Cardiac, 2015

• Wound Treatment Associate, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Society (WOCN Society), 2016

• Geriatric Resource Nurse, Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), 2016

• Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, 2013

• Certified Lactation Counselor, The Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice, 2012

• Dona Trained Doula, DONA International, 2012

Experience

RN II AND RELIEF CHARGE NURSE | XXX | JULY, 2015-PRESENT

Med-Surg unit specializing in post-surgical and orthopedic patients

• Proficient with Sunrise Clinical Manager

• Super User for Pyxis Medication Systems

• Perfect Attendance Award

• Daisy Award nominee

• Involved with weekly GEMBA walks with upper management

• Collaborated with WOCN-RN to create and instruct NUA Skin Champion course

• As a WTA, strengthened wound team in making recommendations to care for acute and chronic wounds including dressing choice, containment systems, vacuum-assisted closure devices, and compression therapy for lower extremity vascular disease and lymphedema

• Involved with monthly Skin Prevalence study, assessing each patient on unit while making chart audits

• Peer Review Committee

• Clinical Preceptor

• Member of Safe Patient Handling and Fall Prevention committees attending conference

• Chosen to appear in nursing recruitment video, Orthopedic magazine, and yearly nursing job fair

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Specializes in Pedi.

Experience belongs before education once you've been working in your field. And your most recent experience should be on top, so your nursing degree should be listed before your Bachelor's Degree in Psychology.

I find objective statements to be useless so I'd get rid of that.

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