Nurse resume

How should I list my nursing licence and registration on a resume?

Give licences their own section near the top, and list each one exactly as your regulator issues it: the title, issuing body, registration number if you choose to share it, and expiry or renewal date. Requirements differ by country, so follow the official regulator's guidance and the employer's instructions.

Example layout (fictional):
"Licences and Registration

  • Registered Nurse, [Name of nursing regulator], registration no. [number], valid until [month year]
  • Registered Nurse, [Second regulator], eligibility letter issued [month year]"

If you are licensed in one country and applying in another, state where you hold the licence and any application or eligibility step you have completed, without claiming a licence you do not yet hold. Check with the official regulator in the country where you want to work about what is required.

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