Gera Tools

Nurse / RN Resume Builder

Create a professional nursing resume highlighting certifications and clinical experience

Structured resume builder for registered nurses — licenses and certifications like BLS and ACLS, clinical specialties, unit experience, and education — exported as clean Markdown or plain text ready for any application.

What certifications should a nurse resume list?

Always list your active RN license and any current certifications such as BLS, ACLS, PALS, or specialty certifications like CCRN. Include expiry dates where space allows, as employers verify currency before hiring.

A nursing resume is judged on credentials, clinical competencies, and concrete patient-care outcomes. This builder structures the sections hiring managers and ATS expect — licenses and certifications, specialties, clinical experience, and education — and exports clean Markdown or plain text.

How it works

The tool assembles your inputs into a conventional nursing-resume layout. The licenses and certifications section sits high on the page because it is the first thing nurse recruiters verify. Each clinical-experience box turns one line into one bullet:

## Clinical Experience
### Staff RN, ICU — Mercy General — 2021–present
- Managed 2:1 critical-care assignments on a 24-bed unit
- Precepted four new-graduate nurses through orientation

Specialties and certifications are kept as scannable lists so both human readers and keyword screeners can match you to the right unit and shift.

Tips and example

  • List your active RN license first, with state and an expiry where space allows.
  • Use standard certification acronyms (BLS, ACLS, PALS, CCRN) — ATS matches them.
  • Name the patient population and acuity for each unit; “6-patient med-surg” tells a recruiter far more than “provided patient care”.
  • Quantify: patient ratios, units precepted, satisfaction scores, time saved.
  • For new graduates, foreground rotations, NCLEX status, and your degree.