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Certified Nursing Assistant resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a certified nursing assistant, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
State certification and the care setting (long-term care, hospital, home health) are the first filters. Name the daily-living tasks you perform and how many residents or patients you cover per shift.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example certified nursing assistant resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Cared for 10 to 12 residents per shift in a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, covering activities of daily living, patient transfers and meals
- Recorded vital signs and intake and output for 30 residents daily in PointClickCare with zero missed entries
- Supported fall prevention on the unit through hourly rounding and repositioning, contributing to 25% fewer falls in 6 months
Check your resume for certified nursing assistant keywords
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.