Nursing resume example for a registered nurse (Google Docs™)
A registered nurse with four years on a med-surg unit, moving toward step-down care. License, certifications and unit details come first.
- Parser read 28/28 fields
- 1 page
- US Letter
- Google Docs and Word
- Plain layout
What a parser reads from it
Field by field, from the PDF that Google Docs exports.
28/28
fields read correctly from the resume (US Letter), downloaded from Google Docs as a PDF and read by the open-source OpenResume parser (commit 4f8255a) on Oct 3, 2026.
What the parser read
First 28 lines, exactly as extracted.
Hannah Brooks Denver, CO | (303) 555-0148 | hannah.brooks@example.com | linkedin.com/in/hannahbrooksrn SUMMARY Registered nurse with four years on a 32-bed medical-surgical unit, including two years as relief charge nurse. BSN, Colorado RN license, BLS and ACLS. EXPERIENCE St. Odile Medical Center Denver, CO Registered Nurse (Med-Surg) Aug 2022 – Present • Care for five to six adult patients per shift, including post-op, sepsis and diabetic patients • Serve as relief charge nurse about six shifts a month, making assignments for nine nurses and handling admissions • Joined the unit's falls committee; hourly rounding changes we introduced cut falls from 11 to 4 in a year • Precept new graduate nurses and have oriented seven through their first 12 weeks Elkmeadow Rehabilitation Hospital Aurora, CO Registered Nurse Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 • Managed medications and wound care for 12 rehab patients on day shift and documented every assessment in Epic • Taught patients and families how to manage new insulin and blood thinner routines before discharge • Worked with physical therapists to plan safe discharges for stroke and joint replacement patients EDUCATION Pinyon Draw University Fort Collins, CO Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 2021 • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing LICENSES AND SKILLS License: Registered Nurse, Colorado (multistate compact) Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH Stroke Scale Clinical: Telemetry, wound care, IV therapy Systems: Epic, Pyxis, Omnicell
Field by field
What we wrote, and what the parser put in each field.
| Field | Parser read | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Hannah Brooks | |
| hannah.brooks@example.com | ||
| Phone | (303) 555-0148 | |
| Location | Denver, CO | |
| Link | linkedin.com/in/hannahbrooksrn | |
| Summary | Registered nurse with four years on a 32-bed medical-surgical unit, including two years as relief charge nurse. BSN, Colorado RN license, BLS and ACLS. | |
| Job 1 company | St. Odile Medical Center | |
| Job 1 title | Registered Nurse (Med-Surg) | |
| Job 1 dates | Aug 2022 – Present | |
| Job 1, bullet 1 | Care for five to six adult patients per shift, including post-op, sepsis and diabetic patients | |
| Job 1, bullet 2 | Serve as relief charge nurse about six shifts a month, making assignments for nine nurses and handling admissions | |
| Job 1, bullet 3 | Joined the unit's falls committee; hourly rounding changes we introduced cut falls from 11 to 4 in a year | |
| Job 1, bullet 4 | Precept new graduate nurses and have oriented seven through their first 12 weeks | |
| Job 2 company | Elkmeadow Rehabilitation Hospital | |
| Job 2 title | Registered Nurse | |
| Job 2 dates | Jun 2021 – Jul 2022 | |
| Job 2, bullet 1 | Managed medications and wound care for 12 rehab patients on day shift and documented every assessment in Epic | |
| Job 2, bullet 2 | Taught patients and families how to manage new insulin and blood thinner routines before discharge | |
| Job 2, bullet 3 | Worked with physical therapists to plan safe discharges for stroke and joint replacement patients | |
| School 1 | Pinyon Draw University | |
| School 1 degree | Bachelor of Science in Nursing | |
| School 1 dates | May 2021 | |
| School 1 GPA | (empty) | |
| School 1, bullet 1 | Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing | |
| Skills line 1 | License: Registered Nurse, Colorado (multistate compact) | |
| Skills line 2 | Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIH Stroke Scale | |
| Skills line 3 | Clinical: Telemetry, wound care, IV therapy | |
| Skills line 4 | Systems: Epic, Pyxis, Omnicell |
Shown but not counted
- Denver, CO: no location field for jobs. It's in the extracted text.
- Aurora, CO: no location field for jobs. It's in the extracted text.
- Fort Collins, CO: no location field for schools. It's in the extracted text.
This checks our sample text, read by one open-source parser from the PDF that Google Docs' File > Download > PDF produces. It isn't a score, and it doesn't tell you how Workday, Greenhouse or any other hiring system will read your own resume. Anyone can rerun it: the test repository has the PDF (SHA-256 24f0567c6f9f…), the expected values and the raw results. How we test
About this example
Hannah's summary covers her unit, years, degree, license and certifications in two lines. Bullets describe patient load and the work beyond bedside care, like charge shifts and the falls project. Licenses and systems have their own lines at the bottom so they're easy to find.
How to write a nursing resume
License and certifications first
Hiring managers check your RN license, state and certifications like BLS and ACLS before anything else. Put them where they can't be missed.
Describe your unit
Name the unit type, bed count and typical patient load. "32-bed med-surg, 5 to 6 patients" says more than "provided patient care".
Show the work beyond bedside care
Charge shifts, precepting and quality projects show you're ready for more responsibility.
Name your charting system
Epic, Cerner and MEDITECH appear in job postings. Hospitals like nurses who already know their system.
Cover letter lines for a nursing role
An opening and a closing written for the person in this example. Swap in your own numbers and the role you're applying for. Every template comes with a matching cover letter for the middle.
I'm applying for the Registered Nurse position on your step-down unit. For four years I've cared for five to six patients per shift on a 32-bed med-surg unit, and I've worked about six shifts a month as relief charge nurse.
I'd welcome the chance to talk about the unit and to shadow a shift if that's helpful. Thank you for your consideration.
Common mistakes on nursing resumes
- Listing tasks every nurse does. Giving medications and charting are expected. Spend bullets on what's specific to you.
- Missing the license number's state. Write the state and whether it's a compact license. Recruiters check eligibility first.
- Clinical rotations after years of experience. Once you have two years of nursing work, drop student rotations and keep only the degree.
Templates that suit nursing resumes
Blank versions with a cover letter and references page, in Letter and A4.
Plain
33/33 fields readNothing but text, left-aligned, in Arial. A safe default for any job when you don't want the layout to be noticed.
- 1 page
- Letter + A4
- Docs + Word
Skills-first
33/33 fields readSummary and skills come before work history. Useful when you're changing careers or coming back after a gap.
- 1 page
- Letter + A4
- Docs + Word
More resume examples
The writing advice draws on the tasks and tools listed for Registered Nurses (O*NET-SOC 29-1141.00) in the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 license. We rewrote it as resume advice. The person, employers and schools in the example are fictional, and the example is written as of fall 2026, so dates and years of experience count to then.