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Review score
95
Evidence
100%
Words
281

Scored by the same rules the Studio uses. How scoring works

Why it works

  • One page in all six layouts281 words, so switching designs never pushes it to a second page.
  • 4 of 9 bullets name a resultThe rest show the scale of the work, which a recruiter reads as proof too. Counted by the same Review the Studio runs.
  • Headings an ATS already knowsSummary, Experience, Education, Certifications, Skills, in that order.
  • Credentials have their own sectionCertified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Basic Life Support (BLS), each with issuer and year.
  • Reads back as plain textOne column with no tables or icons. The ATS text tab shows what a parser gets.
What a recruiter sees
Lucia Herrera
Certified Nursing Assistant
lucia.herrera@example.com | +1 (612) 555-0193 | Minneapolis, MN | linkedin.com/in/luciaherrera
SUMMARY

Certified nursing assistant with five years in long-term care and hospital units, active on the Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry. Covers 10 to 12 residents a shift with safe transfers and PointClickCare charting.

EXPERIENCE
Certified Nursing Assistant, Lake Harriet Care Center
Minneapolis, MN · 2022 – Present
  • Provide personal care for 10 to 12 residents a shift on a 32-bed memory care unit, from bathing to feeding.
  • Record vital signs, weights and intake and output in PointClickCare for 12 residents, reporting changes to the charge nurse.
  • Started a two-hour turning log for high-risk residents; pressure injuries on the hall fell from four to one in a year.
  • Trained eight new aides on Hoyer lift and gait belt transfers, with no injuries during orientation.
Nursing Assistant, Medical Unit, Riverview Medical Center
Robbinsdale, MN · 2020 – 2022
  • Supported four nurses on a 28-bed medical unit with ADLs, ambulation and specimen collection.
  • Answered call lights and ran hourly rounding, helping cut unit falls from 9 to 5 per quarter.
  • Checked blood glucose before meals for about 15 diabetic patients a shift and logged readings in Epic.
Home Health Aide, Hearthside Home Care
St. Paul, MN · 2019 – 2020
  • Visited four older clients a day for bathing, meals, light housekeeping and medication reminders.
  • Kept daily notes for families and the case nurse, and flagged two early infections the nurse then treated at home.
EDUCATION
Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide Certificate, Minneapolis College
Minneapolis, MN · 2019 – 2019
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry
2019
Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
2025
SKILLS
Personal care: ADLs, feeding assistance, dementia care, fall prevention
Clinical support: vital signs, intake and output, blood glucose checks, infection control
Safety & records: Hoyer lift, gait belt, PointClickCare, Epic
Layout

A tight technical sans. Each role sits on one row, with skills in an aligned column. Switching layouts never changes the words.

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Nursing assistant resumes get passed over when they say 'caring and compassionate' and stop. A screener needs the certificate and registry status, the setting, how many residents or patients you cover and whether you can transfer, chart and report changes safely. The example above puts those in plain view, and the score on this page is the real engine output.

Nursing assistant resume summary example

Target roleCertified Nursing Assistant
SummaryCertified nursing assistant with five years in long-term care and hospital units, active on the Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry. Covers 10 to 12 residents a shift with safe transfers and PointClickCare charting.
1 of this role's keywords is in the summary
  • PointClickCare

The candidate is fictional, so swap in your own numbers. Stuck? The resume summary generator drafts one from your title and results.

Why most nursing assistants don't get the call

Skills and keywords for a nursing assistant resume

Applicant tracking systems match on literal strings. Spell each term the way the job posting spells it, and group related skills so people and parsers can both follow it.

Certification

  • CNA
  • state nurse aide registry
  • Care Certificate
  • NVQ Level 2
  • HCA
  • BLS
  • first aid

Personal care

  • activities of daily living
  • ADLs
  • bathing
  • toileting
  • feeding assistance
  • repositioning
  • dementia care

Clinical support

  • vital signs
  • intake and output
  • blood glucose checks
  • pressure injury prevention
  • fall prevention
  • infection control
  • specimen collection

Safety & records

  • Hoyer lift
  • gait belt
  • safe patient handling
  • PointClickCare
  • care plans
  • shift report
  • HIPAA

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Why each choice was made

  1. Why the registry is in two places

    Employers must verify the certificate before the first shift. It is in the summary and again under Certifications with the issuing state, so a search for 'CNA' or 'nurse aide registry' finds it.

  2. Why falls and pressure injuries are counted

    Every nursing assistant gives personal care. The bullets show what that care prevented, which is what a director of nursing reports on each month.

  3. Why scope stays with the aide

    The template reports vital signs and changes to the nurse and follows care plans. It never claims assessments, medication administration or care planning, which belong to licensed nurses.

Nursing assistant resume questions

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What skills should I put on a nursing assistant resume?

The skills the job posting names, spelled the way it spells them. For a nursing assistant that often includes CNA, state nurse aide registry, activities of daily living, ADLs, vital signs and intake and output. Show each one in a bullet with a result, then list the core ones again in a short skills section.

How do I write a nursing assistant resume summary?

Keep it to two or three sentences: your years of experience and where, the scale of your work, and one result with a number. Leave out words a recruiter cannot check, like hardworking or passionate. The example summary on this page shows the pattern.

Is this nursing assistant resume template free?

Yes. Open it in the Studio, replace the example with your own work and download it as a PDF in a free design (Clean, Signal, Editorial and Minimal). Word files and the other designs come with ATSPrep Pro. There is no watermark; downloading needs a free account.

Is this nursing assistant resume template ATS friendly?

Yes. It is one column of real text with standard section headings, and no tables, text boxes or text inside images, so parsers read it in order. Run your finished file through the free ATS resume checker to see the text it gives back.

Keep the pattern. Tell your story.

The Studio opens with this nursing assistant example loaded. Edit any bullet and the Review score updates as you type. Editing needs no account; downloading needs a free one.

  1. Keep the hierarchy. Same section order, plain-text contact details.
  2. Replace every claim. Your scope, your numbers, your tools. Never borrowed achievements.
  3. Run the Review again. Watch the score respond to the evidence in your version.
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