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How to write a nurse technician 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 nurse technician-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 nurse technician interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
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:
- 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.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical nurse technician skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a nurse technician resume:
- Patients
- CPR
- Vital Signs
- Rehabilitation
- Home Health
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Care
- Customer Service
- Direct Supervision
- Patient Safety
- IV
- Telemetry
- Phlebotomy
- Compassion
- Oncology
- Data Entry
- Patient Rooms
- EKG
- Quality Patient Care
- ICU
- Patient Charts
- Catheter
- Blood Pressure
- EMR
- ADL
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Cleanliness
- Restraints
- Nursing Home
- Stretchers
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write nurse technician experience bullet points
Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.
Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.
Here are examples from great nurse technician resumes:
Work history example #1
Nurse Technician
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
- Administered medications, documented any reaction or behaviors related to medication, took vitals and assisted patients with activities of daily living
- Observed EKG tracings and notified the nursing staff of any abnormal or life threatening rates and rhythms
- Transcribed orders MDS team License LPN CPR
- Assisted Nurses in all phases of patient care on a cardiac telemetry unit while in nursing school.
- Followed scope of practice for LNA as set forth by the state of New Hampshire and corporate headquarters.
Work history example #2
Nursing Attendant (Part-Time)
Brightstar
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living (ADL) * Provided emotional support and companionship * Worked with a diverse population
- Provided weekly transportation, assistance and activities for assigned geriatric patient.
- Assisted CNA Nurses with vital signs, patient feeding, ran errands, and documentary References Upon request
- Provided high-quality patient care as a CNA within, acute-care, rehabilitation, nursing-home settings.
- Worked as a CNA on third shifts taking care of 95 residents by bathing, changing, cleaning, etc.
Work history example #3
Resident Care Aide
Brookdale Senior Living
- Assisted Residents with -Dressing/ Undressing -Showers-Toileting-Transferring-Feeding-Activities Assistant * CPR Certified/ First Aid
- Assisted Residents with -Laundry-Dressing/ Undressing -Escorts-Showers-Toileting-Transferring-Feeding- Medication Passes * CPR Certified/ First Aid
- Assisted with activities for people at different levels of dementia/Alzheimer's Disease.
- Provided geriatric patients with therapeutic listening and companionship.
- Accommodated clients with their daily needs * Supplied companionship to clients through conversation
Work history example #4
Patient Care Technician/Certified Nursing Assistant
JFK Medical Center
- Enforced Emergency Room preparations, as well as assisted in ECG's and blood labs
- Assisted patient with ADL Provided and maintained safety for residents
- Complied constantly with HIPPA standards while preparing patient documentation and other interactions.
- Performed EKG's, Vitals, Bladder scans, CPR worked well in emergency setting.
- Assisted with insurance authorizations, updated the MAR system, worked with CNA/STNA scheduling, etc.
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Add an education section to your resume
Here is the best way to format your education section:
- Display your highest degree first.
- If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
- If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
- If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from nurse technician resumes:
Certificate in nursing
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
2000 - 2001
Highlight your nurse technician certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications or education-like achievements, add them to the education section.
Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your nurse technician resume:
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- Medical Assistant
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
- Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
- Patient Care Technician
- Medication Aide Certification (MACE)