Effective Nursing Resumes

1Effective Nursing Resumes Vanessa had attended a successful job interview for the nursing position at a local Hospital. Although she would normally, not have received a call for an interview based on her previous experiences, she considered herself lucky. She had sought professional help in writing her resume and received a thorough education in resume writing for Nurses in the process.She was told by the professional resume writer she engaged that Nursing resumes are different from other resumes. Nursing is a challenging profession and a sensitive area of health care industry to work in. Health care is a wide area and nursing is an area which encompasses a broad spectrum of health care. Whilst generic nursing responsibilities entail nursing patients, conducting initial health checks and serving critically ill patients, precise nursing tasks in dissimilar areas of health care are different. It is therefore essential that these errands are clearly highlighted. The expert wrote her resume for her following a thorough discussion with her concerning her duties and responsibilities. She was consequently called for an interview and had been coached thoroughly on how to approach the interview. The time and money she had spent doing this was well worth her effort.So what are some of the key things that a Nursing resume should include? It should embrace: • Clear and well defined career objectives of where a candidate wants to work. Career objectives include the length of time a candidate has worked as a Nurse and the goals the candidate has. • A professional snap shot which charts a candidate's career path. • Key Skills and Competencies including generic and specific nursing skills and supporting competencies. Narrative statements offer behavioural confirmation of such skills. • Work experience including details of key responsibilities, key achievements and skills gained through each work experience must be included. If a candidate is a new graduate, then they have limited work experience. However, an experienced candidate will have a lot of familiarity which clearly needs to be highlighted. The work experience should also include details of how a nursing candidate's efforts might have assisted a patient in having a better than normal experience at a Hospital or treatment facility.It is also important to include educational details. For candidates with less than 5 years of work experience, educational qualifications are included in the front page. Including any research experiences and the skills gained during research are critical. It is also important to include any publications or contributions to any publications.Candidates in many countries gain practical work experiences in Hospitals as a part of their studies. This is a critical component of a nursing resume.The Nursing profession has some very specific courses which are attended during the career of nurses. Details of courses participated in and any other training which enhances skills of nurses should also be included.The resume should also declare actions such as communicating healthcare education, providing assistance in health care issues, training and mentoring workmates, and generating innovative ways of improving health facilities if the candidate has been involved in any of these. These actions will draw direct attention of the employer. In addition, any community involvement, particularly in a leadership capacity should be included.Professional help is always available in putting together a nursing resume. Where a candidate feels that their current resume is not working well in the market, such help should sought? Experience shows that resumes written by professionals can make a difference in the eventual salary offered to a candidate.