Registered Nurse (RN) Resume Example (2026) — ATS-Friendly

Registered Nurse (RN) Resume Example

Patient outcomes, certifications, and clinical breadth up front

Nursing resumes are scanned for licensure, certifications, and clinical settings before anything else. This registered nurse example surfaces your RN license, BLS/ACLS certifications, and unit experience early, then backs it with patient-outcome and quality-improvement achievements that stand out to charge nurses and recruiters.

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registered nurse
RN
patient care
BLS
ACLS
electronic health records (EHR)
medication administration
care planning
patient safety
acute care

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Hannah O'Connor

hannah.oconnor@email.com · +1 (617) 555-0148 · Boston, MA · https://linkedin.com/in/hannahoconnor

Professional summary

Compassionate registered nurse with 8 years of acute-care experience across medical-surgical and ICU units. Known for calm clinical judgment, strong patient advocacy, and consistently high patient-satisfaction scores.

Skills

Clinical

Patient assessment, Medication administration, IV therapy, Care planning, Wound care

Systems & Safety

Epic EHR, Patient safety, Infection control, Telemetry, Discharge planning

Professional experience

Registered Nurse, ICU
Mass General Riverside — Boston, MA
Jun 2019 – Present
- Manage care for up to 2 critically ill patients per shift in a 24-bed ICU.
- Served on the unit's safety committee; helped reduce CLABSI rates by 35% over two years.
- Precept new graduate nurses, onboarding 6 RNs through their first independent rotations.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical
Brookline Community Hospital — Brookline, MA
Aug 2016 – May 2019
- Delivered patient-centered care for 5–6 patients per shift on a busy med-surg floor.
- Maintained patient-satisfaction scores in the top 10% of the unit.
- Championed bedside-shift-report rollout, improving handoff accuracy and patient trust.