Registered Nurse Resume Example (2026)

A complete registered nurse resume example. Nursing screeners look for four things in seconds — license, unit type, patient ratio, certifications — so this resume puts all four where they cannot be missed. Open it in the editor, replace the content with your own, and export a PDF.

Why this registered nurse resume works

• License and certifications sit in their own section with numbers and expiry-ready formatting
• Each role states the unit, bed count and typical patient ratio up front
• Quality work is quantified — falls reduced, audit scores, response times
• Precepting and charge experience show leadership without a management title
• A conventional format; clinical recruiters distrust decorative resumes

Grace Nakamura — Registered Nurse (RN, BSN)

grace.nakamura@email.com · +1 (503) 555-0117 · linkedin.com/in/gracenakamura

Summary

• Medical-surgical registered nurse with 5 years of acute care experience across 32-bed units, typically at a 1:4 ratio. Led the fall-prevention initiative that cut unit falls 40%, precept for new graduates, and serve as relief charge nurse two shifts a week.

Experience

• Registered Nurse — Medical-Surgical/Telemetry — St. Alder Regional Medical Center, Portland, OR (Sep 2022 – Present)
• Provided direct care on a 32-bed med-surg/telemetry unit at a 1:4 ratio, maintaining a 96% patient satisfaction score across three years
• Led the unit fall-prevention initiative — hourly rounding and bed-alarm standardisation — reducing falls 40% in twelve months
• Served as relief charge nurse two shifts weekly, coordinating assignments, admissions and staffing for a team of 9
• Precepted 7 new graduate nurses through a 12-week orientation, with all seven retained past their first year
• Registered Nurse — Medical Unit — Cascade Valley Hospital, Salem, OR (Jul 2020 – Aug 2022)
• Managed care for 4–5 acute medical patients per shift, achieving 100% on quarterly medication administration audits for two years
• Cut average call-light response time on the unit from 6 to 3 minutes by co-designing a shared response protocol adopted across 3 units
• Educated 200+ patients and families on discharge care plans, contributing to a 12% drop in 30-day readmissions for CHF patients

Projects

• Bedside handoff standardisation (2023)
• Co-led the switch to structured bedside shift reports across two units, raising handoff audit compliance from 61% to 94% and catching medication discrepancies earlier

Education

• B.S.N. Nursing — Oregon Health & Science University (2016 – 2020), GPA 3.7/4.0

Skills

• Medical-Surgical Nursing, Telemetry, Patient Assessment, Medication Administration, IV Therapy, Wound Care, Epic EHR, Care Planning, Patient Education, Charge Nurse Duties, Precepting

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