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ATS resume checker for nurse

See how well your resume matches a nurse job, and exactly what to fix.

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A sample nurse job description. Paste the real one you're applying to for a more accurate score.

Your result will appear here. Add your resume and tap Check.

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  • Resume never stored

Top keywords recruiters look for in a nurse resume

Work in the ones that are true for you: in your summary, your skills line and your experience bullets.

  • Patient care
  • ICU / critical care
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Medication administration
  • IV cannulation
  • BLS / ACLS
  • Infection control
  • NABH standards
  • Ventilator care
  • Patient documentation
  • Wound care
  • Emergency response
  • Nursing Council registration
  • Catheterisation
  • Prometric / DHA / HAAD

3 mistakes nurse resumes make

  1. Registration and certificates buried

    Hospitals check your State Nursing Council registration and BLS or ACLS validity first. Put the registration number and expiry dates at the top, not on page two.

  2. No unit, bed count or ratio

    “Provided patient care” fits every nurse. Say the unit and its size, for example a 20-bed ICU at a 1:2 nurse ratio, and the equipment you handled.

  3. Textbook duties

    Replace lines copied from the syllabus with procedures you do often and any results, such as no medication errors for a year or the audits your ward passed.

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