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Registered Nurse resume example

Nursing resumes must show your license, your clinical setting and the quality of care you deliver. Hiring managers scan for the unit type, patient ratios, certifications and measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

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Key skills for a registered nurse resume

  • Patient assessment and care planning
  • Medication administration
  • Electronic health records (Epic, Cerner)
  • Critical care or specialty skills
  • Patient and family education
  • Infection control

Emily Carter

Registered Nurse, BSN

Summary

Registered nurse with 5 years of experience in medical-surgical and intensive care units. Care for up to 6 patients per shift, led a falls-prevention project that cut patient falls by 40% and precept new graduate nurses. BLS, ACLS and CCRN certified.

Experience

Registered Nurse, ICUJul 2022 – Present
Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Delivered care to 2 critically ill patients per shift in a 32-bed ICU
  • Reduced central-line infections on the unit to zero for 14 months through a bundle audit
  • Precepted 9 new graduate nurses through 12-week orientations
Registered Nurse, Med-SurgJun 2020 – Jun 2022
Memorial Hermann
  • Managed care for up to 6 patients per shift on a 40-bed unit
  • Led a falls-prevention project that reduced patient falls by 40%
  • Raised patient satisfaction scores from 78% to 91% through hourly rounding

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)2016 – 2020
Texas Woman's University

Skills

  • Patient assessment
  • Critical care
  • Medication administration
  • Epic EHR
  • Ventilator management
  • Patient education
  • Infection control
  • Care planning

Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Texas
  • BLS and ACLS (American Heart Association)
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)

How to write a registered nurse resume

  1. Put your license (RN, state or country) and certifications like BLS and ACLS where they are easy to find.
  2. Name the unit and patient ratio ("Med-surg, 1:5") — it tells a recruiter your experience level in seconds.
  3. Show quality results: falls, infections, readmissions or patient satisfaction scores.

ATS keywords for registered nurse jobs

Applicant tracking systems rank resumes by how well they match the job post. Use the keywords that appear in the posting you are applying for — these are the most common:

  • registered nurse
  • patient care
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • Epic
  • medication administration
  • care planning
  • patient education
  • infection control
  • critical care

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