Starting your RN career shouldn’t mean starting from a blank page. This new-grad nurse resume template is a clean, ATS-friendly layout with room for clinical rotations, externships and the skills you’ve built under preceptors. Use the example text to get moving quickly, then swap in your hospital names, hours and achievements.
Lead with a short summary that mentions your unit exposure like Med-Surg, Telemetry or ED, plus BLS and the EHR you’ve practiced on (Epic or Cerner). In the experience section, group your Clinical Rotations together and add two or three wins: assisting with admissions, documenting in Epic, supporting discharge teaching. If you held a CNA/PCT job or a nurse extern post, give it its own entry.
Keep it readable for applicant tracking systems by using standard headings like Summary, Experience, Education and Skills. Avoid tables for core text, and include the phrase Registered Nurse (RN) somewhere in the top third of the page.
Once your first draft is ready, compare styles in the ATS resume collection or try a fresh look from the modern resume gallery. You can also browse the full set of healthcare resume templates and pick the one that matches your goal unit.
Exploring other paths? You might like the ER nurse resume for emergency-department roles or the pediatric RN template if you’re applying to children’s hospitals.
Note: You need a Google account to open this template and you will be asked to make a copy of the document to edit it in Google docs.
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