Traveling Nurse resume examples for 2025

Traveling Nurse resume format and sections

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   1. Add contact information to your traveling nurse resume

   Your name should be the biggest text on the page and be at or near the top of the document. Your address doesn't need to include your street name or house number - listing your city and state works just fine. Your email address should be professional, but not your current work email address. It's not a good look to use your work email for personal projects (job-searching). Your social media can be included if you have a fully-fledged LinkedIn page or another social media page that showcases your relevant skill set.

   Traveling Nurse Resume Contact Information Example #1

   Jane Moore

   Montgomery, AL 36043| 333-111-2222 | jane.moore@email.com

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   2. Add relevant education to your traveling nurse resume

   Your resume's education section should include:

   • The name of your school
   • The date you graduated (Month, Year or Year are both appropriate)
   • The name of your degree

   If you graduated more than 15 years ago, you should consider dropping your graduation date to avoid age discrimination.

   Optional subsections for your education section include:

   • Academic awards (Dean's List, Latin honors, etc. )
   • GPA (if you're a recent graduate and your GPA was 3.5+)
   • Extra certifications
   • Academic projects (thesis, dissertation, etc. )

   Other tips to consider when writing your education section include:

   • If you're a recent graduate, you might opt to place your education section above your experience section
   • The more work experience you get, the shorter your education section should be
   • List your education in reverse chronological order, with your most recent and high-ranking degrees first
   • If you haven't graduated yet, you can include "Expected graduation date" to the entry for that school

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   Majors

   Nursing

   84.3%

   Nursing Science

   2.7%

   Business

   2.3%

   Psychology

   1.2%

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   Traveling Nurse Resume Relevant Education Example #1

   Associate's Degree In Nursing 2012 - 2014

   Excelsior College Albany, NY

   Traveling Nurse Resume Relevant Education Example #2

   Bachelor's Degree In Nursing 2011 - 2014

   University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH

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   3. Next, create a traveling nurse skills section on your resume

   Your resume's skills section should include the most important keywords from the job description, as long as you actually have those skills. If you haven't started your job search yet, you can look over resumes to get an idea of what skills are the most important.

   Here are some tips to keep in mind when writing your resume's skills section:

   • Include 6-12 skills, in bullet point form
   • List mostly hard skills; soft skills are hard to test
   • Emphasize the skills that are most important for the job

   Hard skills are generally more important to hiring managers because they relate to on-the-job knowledge and specific experience with a certain technology or process.

   Soft skills are also valuable, as they're highly transferable and make you a great person to work alongside, but they're impossible to prove on a resume.

   Example of skills to include on an traveling nurse resume

   • Acute Care Skills.
      

     The branch of secondary healthcare which is responsible for giving short-term care to patients recovering from severe injuries or urgent medical problems is known as acute care. Acute care comprises multiple domains like; emergency care, urgent care, short-term stabilization, pre-hospital care, critical care, and trauma care.

   • Healthcare Skills.
      

     Healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of a person's health by the diagnosis and treatment of a person's injury, illness, or any other disease. Healthcare is a basic necessity of human life and is the responsibility of the country's government to ensure that each person gets healthcare. Providing healthcare is the job of certified health professionals that includes doctors, surgeons, nurses, and other physicians. Pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, dentistry, therapy, and health training all come under healthcare. Healthcare plays a vital role in the country's economy and its development.

   • Telemetry Skills.
      

     A telemetry is a process of automatically monitoring and recording vital conditions like the blood pressure, heart rhythm, and oxygen saturation of a patient, particularly those in the Intensive Care Unit or ICU critical condition. It is where the information gathered to report as a basis for a doctor's findings.

   • ICU Skills.
      

     ICU means intensive care units. It also has a name known as the critical care unit or intensive therapy unit. The ICU handles patients experiencing acute diseases or severe injuries that need specialized treatment procedures by specific professionals.

   • Oncology Skills.
      

     Oncology is defined as the facet of medicine that deals with cancer. Oncology also deals with the prevention and diagnosis of these diseases. A medical professional who has studied the discipline of oncology is referred to as an ‘oncologist'. An oncologist can further specialize in their discipline and become a medical oncologist, surgical oncologist, or radiation oncologist.

   Top Skills for a Traveling Nurse

   Patients, 14.6%
   Acute Care, 9.8%
   Healthcare, 8.9%
   Acls, 5.7%
   Other Skills, 61.0%
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   4. List your traveling nurse experience

   The most important part of any resume for a traveling nurse is the experience section. Recruiters and hiring managers expect to see your experience listed in reverse chronological order, meaning that you should begin with your most recent experience and then work backwards.

   Don't just list your job duties below each job entry. Instead, make sure most of your bullet points discuss impressive achievements from your past positions. Whenever you can, use numbers to contextualize your accomplishments for the hiring manager reading your resume.

   It's okay if you can't include exact percentages or dollar figures. There's a big difference even between saying "Managed a team of traveling nurses" and "Managed a team of 6 traveling nurses over a 9-month project. "

   Most importantly, make sure that the experience you include is relevant to the job you're applying for. Use the job description to ensure that each bullet point on your resume is appropriate and helpful.

   What experience really stands out on Traveling Nurse resumes?

   Dr. Nicole Bell-Rogers

   Assistant Professor, Delaware State University

   Experiences where graduates have had prior healthcare experience, and training is a plus to employers. Employers want to see down-to-earth graduates who know how to clinically reason and multi-task with safety as a priority!

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   Work History Example # 1

   Agency Registered Nurse

   St. Mary's Hospital for Children

   • Worked closely under the direction of RN Participated in multidisciplinary meeting
   • Developed a training package for in house use for External Pacemakers Advanced Cardiac Life Support Trainer / CCRN Certified
   • Provided care to critically ill patients on heart monitors, ventilators, and IV's.
   • worked simultaneously with other jobInitially part-time, then PRN, and finally full-time hours.
   • Received PALS and ACLS Certification (currently inactive).

   Work History Example # 2

   Traveling Nurse

   Methodist Hospital

   • Recognized and reported errors and unusual occurrences and analyzed contributing factors.
   • Collaborated with management to identify learning needs of staff and planned development activities providing a knowledgeable and efficient staff.
   • Maintained confidentiality concerning patient, family and client facility staff.
   • Completed EKG Training Class with Telemetry Monitoring in 12/13.
   • Rotated through all units to include ortho, neuro, diabetic, cardiac, urology, oncology and post partum.

   Work History Example # 3

   Traveling Nurse

   Shasta Regional Medical Center

   • Responded quickly and accurately to changes in their condition and/or response to treatment.
   • Fulfilled the role of charge nurse with the responsibility of supervising staff and workflow on a 36-bed telemetry unit.
   • Provided care and treatment to Open Heart, craniotomy, thoracotomy, neuro and orthopedic surgery patients.
   • Maintained traction on Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, and encouraging ventilation of patients' feelings to assist with the development of coping strategies.
   • Worked in MICU, SICU, CCU, Cardiothoracic unit, PPCU, RCU.

   Work History Example # 4

   Operating Room Nurse

   DaVita

   • Maintained competency with all emergency operational procedures, and initiated CPR and emergency measures, as needed.
   • Worked in the PACU as a staff nurse.
   • Supervised and provided direction over the triage and Coumadin clinic.
   • Coordinated patients' needs with the anesthesiologist for patient transport to PACU.
   • Monitored Maternal and newborn well-being in recovery room after c-section.

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   5. Highlight traveling nurse certifications on your resume

   Specific traveling nurse certifications can be a powerful tool to show employers you've developed the appropriate skills.

   If you have any of these certifications, make sure to put them on your traveling nurse resume:

   1. Basic Life Support for Healthcare and Public Safety (BLS)
   2. Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
   3. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
   4. Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Nurses (CCRN)
   5. Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC)
   6. Family Nurse Practitioner
   7. Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
   8. Certified Case Manager (ACM)
   9. Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP)
   10. Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)

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   6. Finally, add an traveling nurse resume summary or objective statement

   A resume summary statement consists of 1-3 sentences at the top of your traveling nurse resume that quickly summarizes who you are and what you have to offer. The summary statement should include your job title, years of experience (if it's 3+), and an impressive accomplishment, if you have space for it.

   Remember to emphasize skills and experiences that feature in the job description.

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