Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nursesresume guide.
Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar A strong Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses resume shows service orientation, coordination and social perceptiveness, and names the tools you have worked with, such as Epic Systems, Microsoft Outlook and Zoom.
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- 1Show how many aides you led and what got done."Supervise nurses' aides or assistants" is one of this guide's core tasks. Naming the team size and the short-staffed year shows it better than the word "leadership".
- 2Back up your medication work with an audit result."Administer prescribed medications" is a top task for LPNs. A clean pharmacy audit is proof a director of nursing can trust.
- 3Say what your IV training made possible.Whether an LPN may start IVs depends on the state and the employer, and nursing homes are where most LPN hiring is now. Residents treated in house instead of sent out shows why the training matters.
- 4Show the result, not just the task."Observe patients, charting and reporting changes" from this guide becomes fewer hospital readmissions, a number every skilled nursing facility tracks.
- 5List the charting systems by name.Epic Systems and eClinicalWorks EHR software are hot tools in this guide, and PointClickCare is what many nursing homes chart in. Spell them the way postings do.
- 6Name your license exactly.Every LPN job requires a license, so give its full name, the board that issued it, and that it is active. Say it is a multistate compact license, and name the IV course the same way.
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01Also called
O*NET02Skills employers expect
O*NETImportance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | Very high | Advanced |
| Coordination | Very high | Advanced |
| Social Perceptiveness | Very high | Advanced |
| Active Listening | High | Advanced |
| Monitoring | High | Advanced |
| Speaking | High | Advanced |
| Critical Thinking | High | Advanced |
| Reading Comprehension | High | Advanced |
| Judgment and Decision Making | High | Intermediate |
| Time Management | High | Intermediate |
03Knowledge areas
O*NET- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Psychology
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Administration and Management
- Education and Training
- Therapy and Counseling
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
- Administrative
04Common responsibilities
O*NETOrdered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
- Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
- Record food and fluid intake and output.
- Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
05Software and tools
O*NET26 tools across 13 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.
- Epic SystemsHotIn demand
- MEDITECH softwareHot
- eClinicalWorks EHR softwareHot
- Medical procedure coding software
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Medical condition coding software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- PointClickCare healthcare software
- MedicWare EMR
- Prescription processing software
- Infusion management software
- Telephone triage software
- Microsoft OutlookHotIn demand
- Microsoft Exchange
- ZoomHotIn demand
- FaceTime
- Scheduling software
- Diagnostic and procedural coding software
- Google Drive
- Web browser softwareIn demand
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Office softwareHotIn demand
- Microsoft WindowsHotIn demand
- Microsoft ExcelHotIn demand
- Microsoft WordHotIn demand
06Education and preparation
O*NET07Putting it on your resume
ResumeXRays guidanceLead with the credential and the record. Job Zone 3 roles usually ask for training, a license or a few years of related experience. Put those on the first screen, then show what you did with them.
Name the tools exactly. This occupation is heavy on named software. A skills section that says "Epic Systems, Microsoft Outlook, Zoom, Microsoft Office software" matches more job descriptions than a general phrase. Use the spelling employers use.
Show coordination and social perceptiveness, not just service orientation. Coordination and social perceptiveness rank close to service orientation for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.
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