Experienced nurse resume example
Flo Nightingale, BSN, RN, CCRN
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Omaha, NE | (555) 010-0187 | flo.nightingale@email.com
Professional Summary
Critical care registered nurse with six years in adult ICU, including travel assignments in cardiac and surgical units.
Core Competencies
Hemodynamic Monitoring | CRRT | Cerner | Epic | Rapid Response
Licenses & Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN), Nebraska Board of Nursing | Active, multistate
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), AACN Certification Corporation
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
Experience
Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular ICU
Example Heart Hospital | Omaha, NEJun 2022 - Present
24-bed cardiovascular ICU | Cerner EHR
- Cared for one to two post-op cardiac surgery patients per shift
- Managed titratable drips and arterial lines
- Precepted new graduate nurses through unit orientation
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) | Example University, Omaha, NE | May 2020
The order, and why
After a few years on a unit, what you can do matters more than where you went to school. Your resume should say so in the first lines.
Your core skills come right after your summary, then your license and certifications, then your roles, most recent first. Education moves down, because a manager hiring an experienced nurse reads your units before your degree.
- 1Name, letters earned, contact
- 2Professional Summary
- 3Core Competencies
- 4Licenses & Certifications
- 5Experience
- 6Education
- 7Professional Affiliations & Honors
What makes it work
Name the unit and the load
Bed count, patient ratio and acuity tell a manager more than a list of duties.
Show the extra roles
Charge, precepting, rapid response and unit councils go as bullets under the job where you did them.
Give certifications their full names
CCRN, AACN Certification Corporation. CEN, BCEN. The full name and the issuer, so any system can read it.
Questions
How long should an experienced nurse's resume be?
One page for most nurses. Two pages when ten or more years of roles need the room.
Should I list every job I've had?
List your nursing roles, most recent first. Older jobs outside nursing can go once you have a few years on a unit.
How do I show travel assignments?
Group them under one travel heading with the agency, then each assignment with its unit, facility, city and dates.
Where do certifications go?
Right after your core skills, each on its own line with the full name, the issuer, and the expiry month when you have it.