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Instructor nurse resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write an instructor nurse resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in instructor nurse-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some instructor nurse interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical instructor nurse skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some instructor nurse interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an instructor nurse resume:

  • BSN
  • Professional Development
  • MSN
  • Student Learning
  • CPR
  • NCLEX
  • Patients
  • Curriculum Development
  • Course Materials
  • Mental Health
  • Course Objectives
  • Course Content
  • Clinical Practice
  • Student Performance
  • Syllabus
  • Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Pediatrics
  • Med-Surg
  • Registered Nursing
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Clinical Sites
  • State Board
  • Critical Care
  • Clinical Education
  • Teaching Methodologies
  • Learning Objectives
  • Immunization
  • Pharmacology
  • Obstetrics
  • ADN

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How to structure your work experience

A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.

How to write instructor nurse experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are effective examples from instructor nurse resumes:

Work history example #1

Health Careers Instructor

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  • Certified Nurse Assistant Instructor EKG tech instructor Medical Assistant Instructor Phlebotomy Technician Instructor
  • Maximized teaching productivity and impact by mentoring K-12 teachers in areas of curriculum development and student needs.
  • Furthered Medical and Health Care industry-related knowledge as the course contained curriculum in anatomy, physiology, and extensive medical terminology.
  • Aided international students in preparing standardized tests including TOEFL and ACT online
  • Designed and developed the communication and team building curriculum for an academically diverse audience.

Work history example #2

Instructor Nurse (Part-Time)

Grady Memorial Hospital

  • Received PALS certification and teaching certification for instruction in AHA Healthcare Provider CPR classes.
  • Developed and facilitated a highly sought after ten-week graduate nurse internship program using evidence based practice and guidelines from professional organizations.
  • Mentored a recent MSN graduate and new faculty member in role development for the practicum course.
  • Mentored partner alliances & trained internal and external stakeholders on disease/product education with Medical Affairs Division as a MSL.
  • Evaluated patients for hospice appropriateness and obtained orders according to condition.

Work history example #3

Instructor Nurse

United Allergy Services

  • Mentored a recent MSN graduate and new faculty member in role development for the practicum course.
  • Developed and facilitated a highly sought after ten-week graduate nurse internship program using evidence based practice and guidelines from professional organizations.
  • Implemented Tele-health monitoring which included vital signs, remote telemetry, and weights.
  • Provided didactic and clinical instruction for the Alternate Entry MSN Program foundation year psychiatric - mental health courses.
  • Developed and evaluated NCLEX style test questions for theory course.

Work history example #4

Nurse

Waterbury Hospital

  • Obtained ACLS certification and worked within the Endoscopy unit for Pre, Op and Postoperative Endoscopy Procedures.
  • Assessed patients and family members learning needs, as well as documenting educational interventions.
  • Obtained and monitored vital hemodynamic values during testing.
  • Removed femoral arterial and venous sheaths from post heart catherization patients.
  • Provided direct patient care for a variety of newborns and their families* Rotating charge nurse

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Master's Degree in nursing

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH

2016 - 2017

Master's Degree in nursing

Central State University, Wilberforce, OH

2013 - 2014

Highlight your instructor nurse certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your instructor nurse resume:

  1. Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
  2. Instructor
  3. Family Nurse Practitioner
  4. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  5. Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
  6. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
  7. Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC)
  8. Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)
  9. Medical-Surgical Nursing (RN-BC)
  10. Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP-BC)

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