Nurse Resume Example (2026 Guide)
Nurse resume example
A complete sample in the Modern template FitMyRole exports. The person and employers are fictional; the structure, skills and bullet style are what to copy.
Aaliyah Grant
[email protected] • (555) 011-4038 • San Antonio, TX • linkedin.com/in/aaliyahgrant
Professional Summary
Registered Nurse with 4 years of hospital experience, including 2 years in progressive care and 2 years on a 32-bed medical-surgical unit, caring for cardiac, post-surgical and stroke patients. Carries 4 progressive care patients per 12-hour shift on a 28-bed unit, managing titrated drips, continuous telemetry and rapid response escalations. Served as an Epic superuser for the hospital’s barcode medication administration rollout and sits on the falls committee that helped hold unit falls with injury at zero for 10 straight months. BLS, ACLS and PCCN certified, with a focus on thorough head-to-toe assessment and clear SBAR handoffs.
Skills
- Clinical Skills: Head-to-toe assessment, telemetry monitoring, cardiac rhythm interpretation, titrated drips (heparin, diltiazem, nitroglycerin), IV insertion, wound care, post-operative care
- Patient Safety & Compliance: Fall prevention, sepsis screening, medication reconciliation, barcode medication administration, Joint Commission standards, HIPAA, infection control
- Emergency Response: BLS, ACLS, rapid response, code blue team, stroke alerts, NIH Stroke Scale, early warning scores
- EHR & Equipment: Epic EHR, Epic Rover, Pyxis MedStation, Alaris infusion pumps, Philips telemetry, care plan documentation
- Patient & Family Education: Discharge teaching, heart failure education, anticoagulation teaching, teach-back method, interpreter services, conversational Spanish
- Teamwork & Leadership: SBAR handoff, interdisciplinary rounds, precepting, relief charge nurse, Epic superuser, unit practice council
Education & Certification
- Clinical rotations in medical-surgical, cardiac step-down, emergency, pediatrics and community health; 120-hour capstone practicum on a cardiac telemetry unit.
Work Experience
Registered Nurse, Progressive Care UnitAugust 2024 – PresentMission Trail Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
- Care for 4 progressive care patients per 12-hour shift on a 28-bed unit, including post-cardiac catheterization, heart failure and stroke patients on continuous telemetry.
- Titrate heparin, diltiazem and nitroglycerin drips to protocol, checking labs and rhythms on schedule and escalating changes to providers using SBAR.
- Called 14 rapid responses in 2025 after spotting early changes on assessment and early warning scores, with 12 of those patients stabilized on the unit without an ICU transfer.
- Helped hold falls with injury on the unit at zero for 10 consecutive months as a falls committee member by auditing bed alarm use and leading hourly rounding huddles.
- Trained 30 nurses as an Epic superuser during the barcode medication administration rollout, covering go-live shifts and resolving scanning workarounds with pharmacy.
- Precepted three new graduate nurses through 12-week orientations; all three finished on schedule and stayed on the unit past their first year.
- Teach heart failure patients daily weights, low-sodium eating and medication schedules using teach-back and Spanish-language materials, supporting a unit HCAHPS discharge score rise from 81% to 89%.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical UnitAugust 2022 – July 2024Riverwalk General Hospital, San Antonio, TX
- Cared for 5 to 6 medical-surgical patients per shift on a 32-bed unit, including post-operative orthopedic, gastrointestinal and diabetic patients.
- Completed shift assessments, wound care, IV therapy and post-operative monitoring, documenting care plans and intake and output in Epic.
- Met the one-hour sepsis bundle target on every positive screen in 2023 by screening each patient every shift and escalating with SBAR to the rapid response nurse.
- Kept 100% compliance on monthly medication administration audits by scanning every dose and completing independent double checks for insulin and anticoagulants.
- Worked 20+ shifts as relief charge nurse in the second year, making patient assignments and coordinating admissions and discharges with the house supervisor.
Patient Care TechnicianJune 2020 – July 2022Medina Valley Health, San Antonio, TX
- Supported RNs caring for up to 12 patients per shift on a medical-surgical floor while completing a BSN, taking vital signs, blood glucose checks and 12-lead EKGs.
- Repositioned bedbound patients on a two-hour turn schedule and assisted with mobility and bathing, following the unit’s pressure injury prevention protocol.
- Documented vital signs and intake and output in Epic and reported abnormal readings to the assigned nurse straight away.
- Worked 12-hour weekend shifts through the COVID-19 surge, helping staff a 24-bed overflow unit opened in a converted surgical recovery area.
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Tailor my resumeWhy This Resume Works
- The Texas RN license, BLS and ACLS, and the PCCN specialty credential each sit in their own Certifications line with dates, so the hard filters in a nursing posting are met at a glance.
- Setting and patient ratio are stated plainly (4 progressive care patients per shift on a 28-bed unit, 5 to 6 on a 32-bed med-surg unit), which tells a nurse manager exactly what acuity the candidate handles.
- Clinical bullets name the real work: titrated heparin, diltiazem and nitroglycerin drips, continuous telemetry, and 14 rapid responses with 12 patients stabilized without an ICU transfer.
- Safety and compliance are measured rather than claimed, through falls with injury held at zero for 10 months, the one-hour sepsis bundle target met, and 100% on medication administration audits.
- Epic appears in skills and in bullets, including the superuser role in a barcode medication administration rollout, a detail that stands out for a nurse with 4 years of experience.
Common Resume Mistakes
- Vague "provided patient care" without setting or volume.
- Missing certifications (BLS, ACLS, specialty) from job posts.
- No mention of EHR or compliance.
Keywords Recruiters Look For
- RN
- Patient care
- BLS
- ACLS
- EHR
- Clinical
- Assessment
- Compliance
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