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Free ATS Nurse Résumé Builder

Hospitals screen applications with ATS software before a recruiter sees them. This free builder keeps your nursing résumé single-column and parse-safe, with your license and certifications where recruiters look first.

Licenses first

RN, BLS, ACLS and more sit near the top, formatted so the ATS reads them correctly.

Clinical keywords

Start from a nursing sample with patient-care, EHR/Epic and HIPAA phrasing you can edit.

New-grad friendly

Highlight clinical rotations and education when experience is light.

Why it passes the ATS

  • ✓ Single-column layout — no tables or columns that scramble parsers
  • ✓ Contact details in the body, never hidden in headers/footers
  • ✓ Standard section headings the ATS recognises
  • ✓ Export as .docx (the recruiter-safe format) or PDF

Prefer to check an existing résumé first? Run it through the free ATS résumé checker.

Example bullet points

Strong résumé bullets lead with a result and a number. Here are examples you can adapt:

  • Provided direct patient care for 5–6 acute med-surg patients per shift, maintaining zero medication errors over 18 months.
  • Documented assessments, interventions and outcomes in Epic with 100% chart completion before end of shift.
  • Precepted 3 new-graduate nurses on patient-care workflows, medication safety and infection-control standards.

Questions

Is this nursing résumé ATS-friendly?

Yes. It uses a single-column layout, standard headings, and keeps your name, license and contact details in the body where applicant tracking systems can read them.

I'm a new grad with little experience — will it work?

Yes. Lead with your education, clinical rotations and certifications; the builder lets you reorder sections so your strongest content comes first.

Should I send a Word file or PDF to hospitals?

A text-based .docx is the safest choice for most hospital ATS. You can export both free here.