Free New Grad Nurse Resume Template

What new grad programs look for

Licence status (or NCLEX date), your practicum unit and hours, and evidence you can handle a patient load. Write the practicum as a full entry with skills performed and the preceptor's unit. List other rotations briefly. Any CNA, tech or volunteer patient-care work counts. If you'd prefer a sidebar for certifications and skills, the two-column version of this template has the same content in that layout. Students still in the program should use the Nursing Student Resume.

After the first year

Once you have a unit and a year of experience, the Nurse Resume layout moves rotations down and experience up. New grad postings are heavily parsed, so keep certifications as text and run the ATS-friendly checklist before uploading. Other first-job layouts are under entry-level resume templates.