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This page shows a full Registered Practical Nurse resume, marked up with what a hiring manager reads each section for.

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579

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Ontario

The example

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Melissa Cardoso

Registered Practical Nurse — Complex Continuing Care

Oshawa, Ontario

Professional Summary

Registered practical nurse with six years in complex continuing care, working to full scope with stable patients on a shared assignment with the registered nurse. Chairs the wound care rounds held on the unit each week.

Experience

Registered Practical Nurse, Complex Continuing Care

Durham Regional Health Centre • Oshawa, ON

Jan 2023 - Present

  • Hold an independent assignment of six stable patients on a complex continuing care unit, with the registered nurse carrying the unstable half of the floor.
  • Chair the weekly wound care rounds, bringing photographs and measurements for each patient under active treatment.
  • Built the pressure injury tracking sheet the unit now reviews at every rounds.

Registered Practical Nurse, Rehabilitation

Bowmanville Community Hospital • Bowmanville, ON

Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

  • Rehabilitation unit supporting patients recovering from joint replacement and stroke.
  • Worked alongside physiotherapy on mobility goals and adjusted the care plan when a patient stalled.
  • Covered the medication cart for the unit on weekends.

Education

Durham College

Practical Nursing Diploma • Practical Nursing

Sep 2018 - Jun 2020

Skills

Complex continuing careIndependent patient assignmentWound assessment and stagingPressure injury preventionMedication administrationCare plan revisionInterprofessional roundsPatient and family teaching

Certifications

Registered Practical Nurse, General Class

College of Nurses of Ontario

Jul 2020

Skin and Wound Care Certificate

Wounds Canada

May 2023

Basic Life Support

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Nov 2024

Before you apply

What healthcare hiring managers look for

A manager hiring a Registered Practical Nurse is reading for patient stability. The assignments you hold on your own, and how you describe handing a deteriorating patient over, matter more than the number of settings you have worked in.

There are 579 open Registered Practical Nurse roles, concentrated in Ontario.

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Common questions

Writing a registered practical nurse resume.

The unit, the assignment you carry independently, and the certifications a posting screens on. Open Registered Practical Nurse roles on the board right now: 579.

The education and the scope are equivalent; only the protected title differs by province. A Registered Practical Nurse resume should use whichever title the regulator in the province you are applying to uses.

Anything that widens the assignment you can hold on your own, such as wound care or medication administration in an expanded setting. That is what a Registered Practical Nurse posting in Ontario tends to screen for.