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Nurse Resume Examples (2027)

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Four complete registered nurse resumes, from new graduate to nurse manager, written for 2027 job postings, and one scored against a real job. Read the guide first, or jump straight to an example:

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What Nurse Recruiters and Unit Managers Actually Screen for in 2027

US nursing hiring heads into 2027 on a tighter recruiter funnel than at any point since the post-COVID surge: per the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention Report (450 hospitals, 37 states), hospital RN turnover sits at 16.4 percent (down 2.4 points YoY) and time-to-fill for an experienced RN averages 83 days against a BLS-tracked base of 3.4 million RN jobs (SOC code 29-1141, median wage $93,600 per May 2024 OES). HRSA workforce projections still flag an 8 percent national RN shortage by 2028 (worst states Oklahoma 13 percent, South Carolina 12 percent, Louisiana 11 percent), so recruiter screens at HCA, Kaiser, Cleveland Clinic, and the VA filter on license, certification, and unit specialty in the first six lines or your resume never reaches the unit manager.

US hospital nursing applications cluster on five platforms: Workday handles HCA Healthcare (190 hospitals at wd3.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/hcahealthcare/hcacareers) and Cleveland Clinic (ccf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com), Oracle Taleo runs Kaiser Permanente (kp.taleo.net), USAJobs handles VA nursing reqs under the 0610 series, symplr Recruiting is the healthcare-purpose-built ATS that pairs with symplr CTM for credentialing, and PointClickCare (with its Apploi acquisition) dominates long-term care and skilled nursing facility hiring. Three parser failures kill nursing resumes on these stacks: credential stacks after the name ('Maria Santos, RN, BSN, CCRN, ACLS, PALS') get split inconsistently by Workday and Taleo, so the recruiter view shows the candidate with no certifications indexed; multi-row certification tables collapse on symplr Recruiting because the tokenizer reads visually, not structurally, concatenating the expiration column into the next cert name; and acronym-only credentials never match the JD because Workday and Taleo keyword scanners often index on the full name ('Basic Life Support', 'Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support'). Fix: a dedicated Licensure and Certifications section, one credential per line with full accrediting body and expiration date, both the acronym and the expanded name on first mention, and no tables.

The chain from adapt resume to pass ATS to land first round runs on one line: 'Active RN License, [State]-[License #], eNLC Compact [Yes/No]' in the second line of the header, repeated in a dedicated Licensure section with full credential names plus acronyms. The eNLC covers 37 states as of January 2024 (Alabama, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and others tracked by NCSBN), so multi-state IDNs and travel reqs treat compact status as a hard filter. Workday at HCA, Taleo at Kaiser, and USAJobs all pattern-match on that exact header line; unit managers scan for the secondary anchor (clinical specialty plus bed count plus trauma level plus years, e.g., 'ICU, 32-bed Level I trauma, 6 yrs') after the recruiter pass clears. Magnet-designated hospitals (just over 600 worldwide, under 10 percent of US hospitals per ANCC) raise the bar further on documented clinical outcomes (HCAHPS, CAUTI, CLABSI, fall rate), which is the data the unit manager actually reads.

What ATS Systems See in a Nurse Resume

Toggle between a typical nurse resume and an optimized version. Notice what changes.

Generic descriptions and soft skills make this resume hard to scan and easy to ignore.

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Maria Santos

Nurse

Seattle, WA · maria.santos@email.com · linkedin.com/in/mariasantos

Professional Summary

Compassionate and dedicated nurse with experience in patient care and hospital settings. Team player who is passionate about helping people and always willing to go the extra mile. Looking for a nursing position where I can use my skills to make a difference in patients' lives.

Core Skills

Patient CareTeam PlayerHard WorkerGood CommunicatorDetail OrientedCompassionate

Professional Experience

Seattle Medical Center

Jan 2023 - Present

Senior Nurse

  • Responsible for patient care and charting in the ICU.
  • Helped the doctors with procedures and administered medications.
  • Trained new nurses on the floor and helped with orientation.

Pacific Northwest Clinic

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

Staff Nurse

  • Took care of patients on the med-surg floor and did charting.
  • Gave medications and made sure patients were comfortable.
  • Collaborated with other nurses and doctors on patient care.

Harborview Community Hospital

Jan 2020 - May 2021

Nursing Intern

  • Helped with patient vitals and basic care duties.
  • Assisted the charge nurse with medications and patient rounds.
  • Learned about hospital protocols and attended training sessions.

Education

University of Washington

Nursing degree

2016 - 2020

Certifications & Awards

  • CPR cert
  • ACLS training
  • Critical care cert
  • Employee of the Month (2022)

Languages

English (Native) • Spanish (Conversational)

Interests & Hobbies

  • Volunteering
  • Yoga
  • Reading medical journals
  • Cooking

✗ Vague duties like "Responsible for", soft skills like "Hard Worker", and buzzwords like "synergistic" — no keywords for recruiters to find. This resume gets buried.

Wondering if YOUR resume has these same problems?

Nurse Resume Keywords ATS Systems Scan For

These are the exact terms recruiters and ATS systems filter by for nurse roles. Missing even 2-3 can drop your score below the threshold.

HCAHPS

EHR/EMR (Epic/Cerner)

Medication Reconciliation

Readmission Rate

Sentinel Event

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

ICU/NICU/ER

ACLS/PALS

Patient Acuity

Interdisciplinary Team

Patient Throughput

Care Plan Documentation

Infection Control

How many of these are on your resume?

Nurse Metrics That Matter by Seniority

What to quantify on your resume depends on your level. Here are the exact metrics hiring managers expect at each stage of a nurse career.

01Entry Level0–2 yrs
  • Documentation Accuracy (%)
  • Time per Patient Care (min)
  • Patient Complaints (Reduction)
  • Shift Handover Efficiency
  • Compliance with Safety Protocols (%)
  • Medication Errors (Zero is best)
02Mid Level2–5 yrs
  • Patient-to-Nurse Ratio
  • Timely Documentation (%)
  • Pain Management Score Improvement
  • Patient Falls Averted (#)
  • Discharge Efficiency Time
  • Adherence to Care Plan (%)
  • Patient Wait Time Reduction
03Senior5–10 yrs
  • Medication Error Rate (Reduction)
  • Falls Rate (Reduction)
  • Staff-to-Patient Ratio Optimization
  • Compliance Score (%)
  • Sentinel Events Reduction
  • Quality Improvement Projects Led (#)
  • Average Length of Stay (LOS)
04Executive10+ yrs
  • Patient Readmission Rate (Reduction)
  • Budget Management ($)
  • HCAHPS/Patient Satisfaction Score Improvement
  • Infection Rate Reduction (%)
  • Staff Retention (%)
  • Compliance Score
  • Unit/Bed Capacity
  • Grant Funding Secured

Nurse Resume Examples by Experience Level

Select your level. See the exact verbs, bullets, and metrics that ATS systems reward at each stage.

Nurse Action Verbs

AdministeredEducatedAssessedCollaboratedManagedDocumentedTriageTreatedMonitoredMaintained

Nurse Metrics to Include

  • Patient-to-Nurse Ratio
  • Timely Documentation (%)
  • Pain Management Score Improvement
  • Patient Falls Averted (#)
  • Discharge Efficiency Time
  • Adherence to Care Plan (%)
  • Patient Wait Time Reduction

Example Resume Bullets

Ship independently

Administered care to an average of 6 high-acuity patients per shift, improving pain management scores by 10% through timely intervention and detailed patient education.

Collaborated with physicians on 50+ complex care plans, resulting in a 90% adherence rate to evidence-based practice guidelines.

Triage and managed 20+ inbound calls/walk-ins daily in the clinic setting, reducing the average patient wait time by 15 minutes.

Are your bullets this specific?

How to Quantify Impact on a Nurse Resume

Every strong resume bullet uses one of these metric types. Here are real nurse examples for each.

01
%

Percentage

Rate of improvement

“...reducing patient readmission rates by 15%”

“...reducing medication errors by 25%”

“...achieving 98% compliance rate with all hospital safety protocols”

02
$

Dollar

Financial impact

“...Oversaw the annual $15M operational budget”

“...securing $2M in grant funding for nursing innovation”

“...saving the hospital $500K annually in avoided readmission penalties”

03
#

Scale

Scope and reach

“...Directed a clinical staff of 250+ RNs”

“...Managed a high-acuity medical-surgical unit of 40 beds”

“...Administered care to an average of 6 high-acuity patients per shift”

04
T

Time

Speed gains

“...reducing the average length of stay (LOS) by 1.5 days”

“...reducing the average patient wait time by 15 minutes”

“...maintaining an average documentation time of under 10 minutes”

05
N

Count

Volume of work

“...across 4 units”

“...Mentored 10 new graduate nurses”

“...Collaborated with physicians on 50+ complex care plans”

Phrases That Get Nurses Rejected

Naming a skill isn't enough. Show where you used it and what changed because of it.

Provided compassionate patient care.

Workday's keyword scanner at HCA and Cleveland Clinic indexes scope tokens (acuity, ratio, unit); 'compassionate' returns zero scoreable nursing-specific tokens and matches a phrase that also appears verbatim on medical-assistant, occupational-therapist, and dental-hygienist resumes, so the recruiter cannot filter you to the RN req queue.

Managed 4 to 6 high-acuity ICU patients per shift in a 32-bed Level I trauma unit, maintaining zero CLABSI events across 14 consecutive months.

Assisted physicians with procedures and rounding.

'Assisted physicians' is the canonical medical-assistant verb in HCA, Kaiser, and symplr Recruiting JDs; a real RN bullet must show independent licensure scope (titration, escalation, code response), or Taleo's role classifier routes the resume into the MA candidate pool instead of the RN req.

Independently titrated vasoactive drips (norepinephrine, vasopressin) on 4 ICU patients per shift and led 8 code blue responses as primary recorder, per ACLS protocol.

Took vital signs and documented in the chart.

This is the unweighted MA / CNA bullet; PointClickCare-driven SNF reqs and Workday hospital reqs both pre-filter the RN pool against this exact phrase as a downgrade signal, since the RN scope of practice presumes assessment and care planning, not vitals capture.

Completed head-to-toe assessments on 5 patients per shift in Epic EHR, escalating 12 sepsis bundle activations within 1-hour Surviving Sepsis Campaign targets.

Worked with the rehab team on patient mobility.

'Mobility' framing reads as the physical-therapist or occupational-therapist verb set in Workday and symplr; recruiters running an RN-specific Boolean ('RN AND (Epic OR Cerner) AND (ICU OR Med-Surg)') drop you to the rehab tech or aide queue.

Coordinated early-mobility protocols with PT and OT for ventilated ICU patients, contributing to a 30 percent reduction in ICU-acquired weakness rates across the 32-bed unit.

Provided counseling and emotional support to families.

'Counseling' is the mental-health-counselor or LCSW verb in Taleo and symplr behavioral-health reqs; without clinical anchoring it reads as a behavioral-health role, not nursing, and gets misrouted out of the RN candidate pool.

Led structured family conferences for end-of-life patients in coordination with palliative care MD and chaplaincy, completing comfort-care transitions per institutional withdrawal-of-life-support protocol.

Helped manage the unit budget and staffing schedule.

'Manage budget' is the healthcare-administrator keyword in Workday at HCA and Cleveland Clinic; the RN req screen wants staff-RN clinical evidence (HCAHPS, fall rate, CAUTI/CLABSI, throughput), and a budget bullet without nursing-leadership scope misroutes you out of the staff-RN candidate pool.

Served as charge nurse 3 shifts per week on a 28-bed Med-Surg unit, balancing acuity-based assignments for 6 RNs and 2 CNAs, with HCAHPS nurse-communication scores rising from 78 to 89 over 12 months.

Recognize any of these on your resume?

4 Complete Nurse Resume Examples

1. New graduate RN (BSN, 2026)

Hannah Ortiz

Registered Nurse, BSN | Florida Compact License | Med-Surg Nurse Residency

Tampa, FL · hannah.ortiz@email.com · (813) 555-0164

Summary

New graduate registered nurse (BSN, 2026) in a 12-month nurse residency on a medical-surgical unit. Two years as a nurse extern on a 32-bed med-surg unit and 700+ clinical hours across med-surg, ICU, pediatrics, OB and behavioral health. Florida multistate RN license, BLS and ACLS.

Core Skills

Patient assessment·Medication administration (eMAR, barcode scanning)·Patient and family teaching·Epic·Vital signs, blood glucose and I&O·Wound care·Fall prevention·English and Spanish

Experience

Bayshore Medical Center, Tampa, FL

Sep 2026 – Present

Registered Nurse, Nurse Residency (Medical-Surgical)

  • Care for 4 to 5 med-surg patients a shift with a preceptor in a 12-month nurse residency program.
  • Give medications through Epic and the eMAR with barcode scanning, and document assessments every shift.
  • Teach patients and families about new medications and discharge instructions using teach-back.

Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, Tampa, FL

May 2024 – Aug 2026

Nurse Extern, Medical-Surgical

  • Took vital signs, blood glucose and intake and output for 10 to 12 patients a shift on a 32-bed med-surg unit.
  • Helped nurses with wound care, turns and early mobility.
  • Documented in Epic and reported changes in condition to the RN right away.

University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, FL

Aug 2024 – May 2026

Nursing Student, Clinical Rotations

  • Completed 700+ clinical hours across med-surg, ICU, pediatrics, OB and behavioral health.
  • Finished a 180-hour capstone preceptorship on a medical-surgical unit, carrying up to 5 patients.
  • Led a student project on fall-prevention signage that the unit kept after the rotation.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2026

Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Florida, multistate (compact) license, 2026
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 2026
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association, 2026

2. Medical-surgical RN (4 years)

Andrea Silva

Registered Nurse, BSN, CMSRN | Medical-Surgical and Telemetry | Florida Compact License

Sarasota, FL · andrea.silva@email.com · (941) 555-0119

Summary

Medical-surgical registered nurse with 4 years of acute care in Florida hospitals. Cares for 5 to 6 patients a shift on a med-surg and telemetry unit, gives medications and IV therapy in Epic, teaches patients and families before discharge, and precepts new graduate nurses. BSN, CMSRN, Florida multistate license, BLS and ACLS.

Core Skills

Med-surg and telemetry nursing·Medication and IV therapy·Epic and barcode scanning·Patient and family teaching·Post-op care, drains and wound care·Sepsis screening·Precepting new nurses·Charge nurse relief

Experience

Sarasota Bay Hospital, Sarasota, FL

Jun 2023 – Present

Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical

  • Care for 5 to 6 patients a shift on a 36-bed med-surg and telemetry unit, from admission to discharge.
  • Give medications and IV therapy through Epic with barcode scanning, with no reported medication errors in 2025.
  • Teach patients and families before discharge using teach-back, and precept 3 new graduate nurses a year.

Manatee Community Hospital, Bradenton, FL

Aug 2022 – May 2023

Registered Nurse, Surgical Unit

  • Worked nights on a 28-bed surgical unit caring for orthopedic and general surgery patients after surgery.
  • Managed pain, drains and wound care, and flagged early sepsis signs with the unit's screening tool.
  • Covered charge nurse duties two nights a month.

Palm Shores Rehab Center, Bradenton, FL

Jan 2020 – Jul 2022

Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Cared for 10 to 12 residents a shift with bathing, feeding, transfers and mobility.
  • Took vital signs and reported changes to the charge nurse.
  • Documented care in PointClickCare every shift.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), RN-to-BSN, University of South Florida, 2025

Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN), State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, 2022

Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Florida, multistate (compact) license
  • Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN), MSNCB, 2025
  • BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association, 2025

3. ICU registered nurse (7 years)

Kevin Larsen

Registered Nurse, BSN, CCRN | Medical ICU and Rapid Response | Ohio Compact License

Columbus, OH · kevin.larsen@email.com · (614) 555-0177

Summary

Critical care nurse with 7 years in ICU and step-down units at Columbus hospitals. Cares for 1 to 2 critically ill patients a shift, including ventilators, vasoactive drips and CRRT, and serves on the rapid response team. Led a CAUTI prevention audit that cut unit cases from 5 to 1 in a year. BSN, CCRN, BLS and ACLS.

Core Skills

Critical care nursing·Ventilator and vasoactive drip management·CRRT·Rapid response and codes·Hemodynamic monitoring·CAUTI and CLABSI prevention·Epic·Precepting

Experience

Riverside University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Mar 2021 – Present

Registered Nurse, Medical ICU

  • Care for 1 to 2 critically ill patients a shift in a 24-bed medical ICU: ventilators, vasoactive drips and CRRT.
  • Respond to rapid responses and codes across the hospital as a member of the rapid response team.
  • Led the unit's CAUTI prevention audit; cases fell from 5 to 1 over a year.

Franklin County General Hospital, Columbus, OH

Jun 2019 – Feb 2021

Registered Nurse, Cardiac Step-Down

  • Cared for 3 to 4 step-down patients a shift on cardiac drips, BiPAP and after cardiac procedures.
  • Titrated drips by protocol and charted in Epic.
  • Worked surge shifts in the unit's negative-pressure rooms in 2020.

Franklin County General Hospital, Columbus, OH

Jan 2017 – May 2019

Patient Care Technician, Cardiac ICU

  • Helped ICU nurses with turns, baths, line care setups and vital signs for 6 to 8 patients a shift.
  • Drew labs and ran 12-lead EKGs on request.
  • Restocked code carts and checked them every shift.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2019

Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Ohio, multistate (compact) license
  • CCRN (Adult), AACN, 2022
  • BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association, 2025

4. Charge nurse to nurse manager (12 years)

Grace Mensah

Nurse Manager, MSN, NE-BC | Medical-Surgical | 32 Beds, 55 Staff

Atlanta, GA · grace.mensah@email.com · (404) 555-0158

Summary

Nurse manager with 12 years in medical-surgical and telemetry nursing, from bedside RN to charge nurse to unit manager. Runs a 32-bed med-surg unit with 55 staff and a $5.8M budget. Cut falls with injury from 9 to 3 a year and raised HCAHPS nurse communication top-box scores from 74% to 83%. MSN, NE-BC.

Core Skills

Unit leadership (55 staff)·Budget and staffing·HCAHPS and patient experience·Fall and CAUTI prevention·Charge nurse and bed flow·Precepting and onboarding·Shared governance·Epic

Experience

Peachtree Regional Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Jan 2022 – Present

Nurse Manager, Medical-Surgical

  • Manage a 32-bed med-surg unit with 55 staff and a $5.8M budget.
  • Cut falls with injury from 9 to 3 a year with hourly rounding and bed alarms.
  • Raised HCAHPS nurse communication top-box scores from 74% to 83% with bedside shift report and manager rounding.

Fulton Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Apr 2017 – Dec 2021

Charge Nurse, Telemetry

  • Ran 12-hour shifts as charge for a 30-bed telemetry unit: assignments, bed flow and escalations.
  • Precepted 20+ new nurses through orientation.
  • Co-led the unit's switch to bedside shift report.

Fulton Medical Center, Atlanta, GA

Jun 2014 – Mar 2017

Registered Nurse, Telemetry

  • Cared for 4 to 5 telemetry patients a shift and read cardiac rhythms.
  • Escalated rhythm changes to the provider and the rapid response team.
  • Served on the unit practice council.

Education

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Nursing Leadership, Georgia State University, 2021

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Georgia State University, 2014

Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Georgia, multistate (compact) license
  • Nurse Executive, Board Certified (NE-BC), ANCC, 2023
  • BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association, 2025

The people and companies in these nurse resumes are fictional.

Scored against a real job: 56 to 75

A good resume still scores low against a specific posting until it uses that posting's words. We ran Andrea Silva's resume through the ResumeAdapter engine against a live HCA Florida Blake Hospital Registered Nurse Med Surg posting (Bradenton, FL, open on November 11, 2026). It scored 56/100 as written. After 5 edits that only rename what the resume already says, in the posting's words, it scored 75/100.

Med-surg and telemetry nursing

Med-surg and telemetry nursing: patient assessment and care planning

Medication and IV therapy

Medication administration and IV therapy

Patient and family teaching

Patient and family instruction on medications and treatment

Epic and barcode scanning

Epic charting and patient records, barcode scanning

BLS and ACLS, American Heart Association, 2025

Current BLS certification and ACLS, American Heart Association, 2025

Still missing after the edits: generic phrases like "healthcare", "clinical expertise", "critical thinking", "PC skills" and "record maintenance". None is a real gap for this nurse, so add them only where they read naturally. That is what a scan shows you before you apply: what to rename, and what is a real gap.

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Nurse Industry Terminology ATS Expects

Beyond specific skills, ATS systems scan for industry context terms that signal you speak the language of Registered Nurse (RN) & Nurse Practitioner (NP). These separate insiders from outsiders.

HCAHPS

EHR/EMR (Epic/Cerner)

Medication Reconciliation

Readmission Rate

Sentinel Event

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

ICU/NICU/ER

ACLS/PALS

Patient Acuity

Interdisciplinary Team

Patient Throughput

These complement the keyword grid above. Include both for the strongest ATS signal.

Nurse Certifications That Boost Your ATS Score

Include the full name AND the acronym. ATS systems may scan for either.

ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse)
CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse)
FNP-BC (Family Nurse Practitioner)

Nurse Resume: Frequently Asked Questions

Focus on five areas the recruiter funnel filters on first: (1) Active RN license with state and license number, plus eNLC compact status if you have it, in the second line of the header. (2) Certifications with full accrediting body and expiration date (ACLS, PALS, BLS, CCRN), each on its own line in a dedicated Licensure and Certifications section. (3) Unit specialty plus bed count plus trauma level plus years (e.g., 'ICU, 32-bed Level I trauma, 6 yrs'). (4) Named EHR (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, PointClickCare), never 'EHR proficient'. (5) Clinical outcome metrics (HCAHPS, CAUTI, CLABSI, fall rate, medication error rate). Scan your resume with our free tool to see which of these the ATS is missing.

Put credentials in a dedicated 'Licensure and Certifications' section, one line per credential, full name plus acronym plus issuing body plus expiration date. Do not stack them after your name as 'Maria Santos, RN, BSN, CCRN, ACLS, PALS': Workday at HCA and Cleveland Clinic, and Taleo at Kaiser, split that string inconsistently and the recruiter view shows the candidate with no certifications indexed. Avoid two-column 'Cert | Expiration' tables on symplr Recruiting; the tokenizer reads visually, not structurally, and concatenates the expiration column into the next cert name. Always include both the acronym and the expanded name on first mention so the JD keyword scanner matches 'Basic Life Support' as well as 'BLS'.

Yes, if you hold one. The enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) covers 37 states as of January 2024 (Alabama, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and others tracked by NCSBN), and multi-state IDNs (HCA's 190 hospitals on Workday), travel nurse reqs, and remote-monitoring reqs all treat compact status as a hard filter. Put it in line 2 of your header next to the license: 'Active RN License Washington (WA-RN12345) | eNLC Compact (37-state) | BLS, ACLS, PALS, CCRN.' If your primary state is non-compact, get the compact license before applying to multi-state systems; recruiters at HCA and Cleveland Clinic filter on it first and never see the rest of your resume if it's absent.

Five platforms cover most US hospital nursing applications. Workday handles HCA Healthcare (190 hospitals, 99K+ nurses at wd3.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/hcahealthcare/hcacareers) and Cleveland Clinic (35K caregivers at ccf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com). Oracle Taleo runs Kaiser Permanente (kp.taleo.net). USAJobs handles VA nursing reqs under federal series 0610 (1 to 3 month pre-employment timeline). symplr Recruiting is the healthcare-purpose-built ATS that pairs with symplr CTM for credentialing. PointClickCare (which acquired Apploi) dominates long-term care and skilled nursing facility hiring. All five mishandle multi-column layouts, image-based credential badges, and tables; build the resume as single-column plain text with one credential per line.

Use this formula for clinical rotations and practicum hours: [Action Verb] + [Clinical Setting] + [Patient Volume] + [Quantifiable Result]. Example: 'Completed 480-hour clinical rotation across ICU and Med-Surg at a Level I trauma center, managing 3 to 4 ventilated patients per shift under preceptor supervision and maintaining 100% hand hygiene compliance.' Lead with NCLEX pass date, BLS, and any unit-specific simulation hours. Format clinical rotations exactly like work experience: facility name, unit type, hours completed, patient population, and one measurable outcome. Once you have 2 plus years of paid RN experience, drop the rotation block to free up real estate for stronger content.

Travel nurse experience is no longer a red flag post-2020. Frame it as breadth and adaptability, not instability. Group all travel assignments under a single 'Travel Registered Nurse' header (with the staffing agency), then list each assignment with facility name, unit type, bed count, trauma level, EHR used, and dates. Example: 'Travel Registered Nurse, Aya Healthcare (2022 to Present); HCA Mission Hospital, 32-bed ICU, Level I trauma, Epic, 13-week contract.' Recruiters at HCA, Kaiser, and Cleveland Clinic on Workday and Taleo read this format as cross-system Epic and Cerner fluency plus rapid onboarding capacity, which is exactly what they want for float pool and high-turnover units.

Name the exact EHR and the modules you used, never 'EHR proficient' or 'computer literate'. The four that cover most US hospital and post-acute reqs: Epic (most large IDNs, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser ambulatory), Cerner / Oracle Health (HCA, Intermountain, many academic centers), Meditech (community hospitals), and PointClickCare (long-term care and skilled nursing facilities; PCC owns Apploi Hire and Onboard). Be specific about modules: 'Epic ClinDoc, Stork, ASAP', 'Cerner PowerChart', 'PointClickCare eMAR'. Workday and Taleo keyword scanners pattern-match on both the platform name and the module name, so a bullet that names 'Epic ASAP' for ED experience indexes higher than a bare 'Epic'.

There is no industry-standard cutoff, but Magnet-designated hospitals (just over 600 worldwide, under 10 percent of US hospitals per ANCC) raise the bar on documented clinical outcomes (HCAHPS, CAUTI, CLABSI, fall rate) and evidence-based practice. Hospital ATS platforms don't publish a pass mark, so cover the posting's license, certification, unit specialty and EHR terms you genuinely have, and know your real gaps before you apply. The ATS pass-rate distribution is in the ResumeAdapter ATS Statistics report at /ats-statistics. Run your resume through the free scanner before applying.

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