Psychiatric Nurse resume examples for 2025
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Nicole Fisher Psychiatric Nurse 61172 S. Second Ln., Decatur, IL | (900) 555-2456 | nfisher@example.com Work Experience Psychiatric Nurse, Kirby Ambulance Service - Decatur, IL 2015 Provide emergency care as needed. Employed in the Emergency Room's Minor emergency care clinic, as charge. Handle responibilities of implementing and directing care by using the nursing process with emphasis on the needs of the telemetry patient. Supported quality patient care and best practices throughout the Banner Health organization. Psychiatric Nurse, St. Mary's Hospital for Children - Decatur, IL 2008 - 2015 Provided patient care to critically ill patients in the intensive care unit setting. Organized and prioritized patient care. Documented and communicated with the health care team to ensure continuous care of the patient. Floated to medical, surgical, oncology, renal, and orthopedic floors. Special Duty Nurse, Aultman Hospital - Kent, OH 2003 - 2008 Observed patients that needed monitoring or sent for testing for inpatient care or to be sent home. Conducted hospital in-services Prepared nursing duty assignments Provided patient care. Evaluate patient care and patient progress associated with the care. Set up and maintain multiple IV pumps. Skills Education Associate's Degree Nursing 1994 - 1996 Kent State University - Kent, OH |
How to write a psychiatric nurse resume
Craft a resume summary statement
A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the psychiatric nurse role.
Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.
Step 2: Detail your years of experience in psychiatric nurse-related roles and your industry experience.
Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.
Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some psychiatric nurse interviews.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
- Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
- Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a psychiatric nurse resume:
- Patients
- Mental Illness
- CPR
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Psychiatric Care
- IV
- Direct Patient Care
- Chemical Dependency
- Crisis Intervention
- Administer Medications
- CPI
- Transcription
- Resuscitation
- Vital Signs
- Substance Abuse
- Mental Health Issues
- Rehabilitation
- Therapeutic Environment
- Crisis Situations
- Medical Care
- Compassion
- Medication Management
- Medical Emergencies
- Quality Care
- Mental Health Problems
- Patient Behavior
- Discharge Planning
- Bipolar Disorder
- Triage
- Primary Care
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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 psychiatric nurse 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 great bullet points from psychiatric nurse resumes:
Work History Example #1
Psychiatric Nurse
Nash Health Care Systems
- Provided patient and family education based on learning needs assessed.
- Ensured proper staffing patterns according to established nurse-patient ratios.
- Advised patients on health maintenance and disease prevention, and directed toward return of patient well-being.
- Provided homecare visits for chronically ill or injured children as well as assessments and teaching for mothers with newborns.
- Participated on collaborative multidisciplinary team providing comprehensive patient-centered care.
Work History Example #2
Child's Nurse (Part-Time)
Augustana Care
- Ensured external follow-up where required.
- Delegated and supervised tasks completed by Patient Care Technicians and university clinical students.
- Maintained my CCRN and ACLS certifications.
- Worked in ICU, MICU and Telemetry.
- Managed care for critically ill medical/surgical/trauma/neurological patients.
Work History Example #3
Telemetry Nurse
Maimonides Medical Center
- Followed procedure-specific guidelines to prepare patients for diagnostic and corrective procedures.
- Assigned a preceptor partnership to learn how to administer care to acutely ill adults in a 20-bed critical care unit.
- Shadowed different nurses in different departments of the hospital, Learned medical terminology.
- Responded to medical emergencies after obtaining ACLS certification and after completion of critical care course.
- Scheduled patients to each nursing team, and supervised patient care provided by nurses and CNA's.
Work History Example #4
Circulating Nurse
ORLANDO REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYS
- Demonstrated ability to analyze critical situations and communicated information quickly to trauma teams.
- Maintained adult and pediatric emergency and traumacompetencies including TNCC, ENPC, ACLS and PALS.
- Supervised and evaluated PICU staff, including scheduling and managing the 10-bed PICU for critically ill pediatric medical and surgical patients.
- Registered nurse working in a five Neurosurgery Suites, together with 14 General Surgery Suites.
- Delivered high-quality, time management-oriented care for preoperative, postoperative, oncology, and medical-surgical patients.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and 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 for resumes:
Associate's Degree In Nursing
Kent State University, Kent, OH
1994 - 1996
Highlight your psychiatric nurse certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.
To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your psychiatric nurse resume:
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (RN-BC)
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
- Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)
- Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
- Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
- Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC)