A Nursing Resume Should Reflect Your Qualifications As Well As Your Personal Skills.

Every employer is looking for a specific set of skills and expertise from job-seekers that match the skills necessary to perform a particular job.

Basically a nursing resume should contain your full name, campus and permanent address, telephone numbers and email addresses. Apart from that a nursing resume should include the following information:

• A clear cut career and job objective which shows your sense of direction to the employer.
• Your resume should have the names of each of your employers and your corresponding job titles.
• Give a brief description about the employer like what they are doing, if they are not well known.
• The number of staff that you manage(if applicable)
• Mention your education, training and licenses as well as academic honors, scholarships and extracurricular activities.
• As a specialized professional nurse, demonstrate what type of individual you are and give as much details as possible of your skills and experience.
• Mention your interactions with other departments, external agencies and health care professionals.
• Highlight your duties and responsibilities as a registered nurse, including planning, assessing and evaluating patient care, record keeping, the type of work or ward and routine tasks carried out etc.
• Present a narrative statement of your value like: experienced with a comprehensive background like pediatric, oncology, long-term care and ICU/ER, knowledge of Medicare home health regulations and JCAHO standards/reimbursement requirements, registered nurse with 10 years of track record providing quality, patient centered care in home, hospital, nursing home, hospice and private office settings etc.
• Highlight any other achievements that have benefited to your department and obviously your organization in general.