New grad nurse résumé: what goes on it when you have no nursing job yet
With no nursing job yet, a new grad's résumé is built from clinical rotations, the degree, the license status and a life support course. (How NurseResume prints it)
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Clinical rotations are your experience
On the new graduate path, NurseResume turns the Experience step into Clinical rotations: facility, unit and hours. (How NurseResume prints it)
Each rotation prints as one line, the unit and the facility, with the hours after them when you give them. (How NurseResume prints it)
Say where you are with the license
The license step offers an NCLEX status: eligible, scheduled or passed. It prints on the license line, for example "Registered Nurse (RN) — NCLEX scheduled, PA". (How NurseResume prints it)
You apply to your state board first. The board, not the exam company, decides when you are eligible to test. NCSBN: how to register for the NCLEX
Degree, then license
After your name the accepted order is highest degree, then licensure, then certification, then honorary recognitions. ANCC: how to display your credentials
A new graduate's line is therefore the degree and then the license, for example "Jane Doe, BSN, RN" once the license is issued. ANCC: how to display your credentials, (How NurseResume prints it)
Life support courses
A course certificate such as BLS is listed under Licenses & Certifications. It is never printed after your name. (How NurseResume prints it)
Sources
- How NurseResume prints it
- NCSBN: how to register for the NCLEX
- ANCC: how to display your credentials