Nursing Assistant resume example

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

• Certified Nurses Aide
• CNA
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Patient Care Assistant
• PCA
• Certified Medication Aide
• CMA
• Licensed Nursing Assistant
• LNA
• Nurses' Aide
• Nursing Aide
• State Tested Nursing Assistant
• STNA
• CRMA
• CENA
• GNA
• Med Tech
• PCT
• Birth Attendant
• Certified Nursing Attendant
• Certified Residential Medication Aide
• Clinical Assistant
• Competency Evaluated Nurse Aide
• First Aid Attendant

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

• Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
• Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
• Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
• Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
• Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.
• Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
• Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.
• Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
• Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
• Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
• Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
• Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.

33 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

• Turn or reposition bedridden patients, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

• patient care
• vital signs
• documentation
• infection control
• feed patients

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.