Nursing Resume
To be successful in the nursing business, one requires a certain level of skill and expertise and your resume has to testify that you are in possession of both these attributes. Nursing is a specialist field and thus your resume should not only detail the experience and skills that you have but should reflect what kind of individual that you are.
It takes a certain level of compassion for one to make a mark as a nurse so as you detail your experience, qualification and abilities be sure to let your personality shine or be seen. You should show that you have the ability to empathize with colleagues, patients and families of patients. You should state your case on why you should be called by the recruiter for an interview. Your resume should begin with your educational achievements and then follow with your experience and career history.
The statement that you begin your resume with can say for example, a committed nurse with 15 years experience of providing quality, care for patients, private office settings, in homes, hospices, and nursing homes. An amazing accomplishments and experience in various backgrounds, oncology, pediatric, ICU/ER nursing and ong-term. Extensive knowledge of JCAHO standards, reimbursement procedures and not forgetting regulations on Medicare home health.
Training and all other achievements and skills like scholarships, academic honors and licensing. Extracurricular activities have to be included on the list as well as they have a way of showing what kind of person you are and are an indicator of your personality. Health care professionals should always be seen doing more than they are required to and thus when detailing your accomplishments and the responsibilities show that you went beyond what was required of you call of duty all in the name of assisting your colleagues.
An employee who brings positive change is what all employers are looking for. You should list some of the changes you brought to you previous work place like improved patient care, trained new staff, managed stock levels, introduced cost cutting measures and generated revenue. To describe your personality you could show how you acted n pressure situations, your relationship with doctors, staff and patients. The kind of reputation you heard as a professional has a bearing on your personality and the kind of judgments that you executed indifferent situations; this will show case your analytical skills
Nursing is not only about the amount of years you have as one or the academic accomplishments and achievements that you have. Nursing also has some thing to do with the kind of person that you are. Caring and compassionate people have more chances of succeeding as they have the qualities to do so. the resume that you prepare must be a combination of two elements your ability to do the job and the knowledge that being a compassionate and caring person is as important as your nursing abilities.
Posted by Cyber World Jobs on Oct.30, 2008, under Sample Resumes
