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Licensed Practical Nurse resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a licensed practical nurse, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
An active LPN or LVN license and your care setting come first. List the procedures within your scope (medication passes, wound care, tracheostomy or catheter care) and the charting system you document in.
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 licensed practical nurse resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Administered medications to 28 residents per shift on a long-term care unit with zero medication errors over 18 months
- Performed wound care for 12 patients per week, with 90% of pressure injuries improving within 30 days
- Supervised 6 nursing assistants per shift and trained 10 new hires on charting in PointClickCare
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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.