Labor and Delivery Nurse Sample

You should never use a creative resume

Many job seekers think that an eye-catching resume template will help them stand out to hiring managers and increase their chances of landing an interview. This is a myth put out by resume builders that value design over content.

The truth is that most hiring managers prefer a traditional resume format.

Creative resume templates, like the one pictured here, can actually hurt your chances of landing an interview. Instead, you should use a basic resume format that quickly communicates your basic information and qualifications–like the one included below.

Name

Title

City, State or Country if international

Phone | Email

LinkedIn URL

LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE PROFESSIONAL

A highly competent, dedicated, and compassionate Labor and Delivery Nurse showcasing 15+ years of experience expertly assisting patients before, during, and after childbirth in hospitals delivering 8000+ annually. Consistently provides high-quality care to patients while minimizing discomfort, consistently monitoring vital signs to promote a healthy delivery. Respected for the ability to immediately develop trust and relationships with patients and families, comforting them during one of the most important life-altering events. Expertise in labor and delivery, postpartum, newborn care, family education, complicated deliveries, and Physician collaboration. Known as a team player who goes out of the way to improve care in all situations, improving the birth experience for all parties involved.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Labor and Delivery

• Postpartum Care

• Monitoring

• Epidurals

• Electronic Charting

• Pain Management

• Patient/Family Education

• Emotional Support

• Analgesia Administration

• Cesarean Deliveries

• Newborn Care

• Nursery

• IV Placements

• Indwelling Catheters

• Counseling

• Wound Care

• Medication Administration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Labor and Delivery Nurse

COMPANY | CITY, ST, | YEAR TO YEAR

Responsibilities

Care for patients throughout the labor process from intake through discharge, providing emotional and physical support while guiding the patient and their family through the labor, delivery, and postpartum periods.

• Develop lasting relationships with diverse clients while delivering newborns in stressful situations.

• Cared for patients in triage, labor, post-partum, and the newborn nursey.

• Collaborated as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in busy environments, responsible for a 1:5 nurse/patient ratio.

• Commended repeatedly by patients and peers for the outstanding quality of care, received constant mention in care survey responses.

• Chosen as preceptor of new staff and student nurses.

• Assessed, planned, and evaluated patient care needs before and during pregnancy, including obtaining patient history and assessing for labor risk factors.

• Provided care for patients utilizing fetal and maternal monitoring equipment.

• Managed the patient’s pain including epidural and patient controlled analgesia administration

• Assisted physician during delivery, treatment, examination, and surgical procedures.

• Monitored, recorded, and communicated patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems.

• Provided patient and family education on labor, pain, and newborn care.

Labor and Delivery Nurse

COMPANY | CITY, ST | YEAR TO YEAR

Responsibilities

• Cared for patients in labor with uncomplicated deliveries (1:3 nurse/patient ratio).

• Managed patient care in the OR during cesarean deliveries, supporting the mother in a stressful situation.

• Maintained accurate, detailed reports, and records using EPIC.

• Modified patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions.

• Administered prescribed medications and monitored vital signs.

• Assisted physician during delivery, treatment, examination, and surgical procedures.

• Monitored fetal heart rate, and mother’s vital signs.

• Assisted with the induction of labor.

• Identified and assisted with any complications.

• Assessed neonate at delivery including resuscitation when necessary.

• Documented in an electronic medical record (EMR).

• Coordinated efforts with other members of the health care team.

• Provided supervision to nursing students as they undergo their women’s health clinical rotation.

• Educated patients and families on recovery and newborn care.

• Monitored and evaluated patient responses to treatments and applied appropriate adjustments as per protocol or as prescribed by a physician.

• Followed state regulations and maintained HIPAA and Joint Commission compliance.

Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery

COMPANY | CITY, ST | YEAR TO YEAR

Responsibilities

• Cared for laboring and delivering patients, as well as patients in preterm labor.

• Managed tocolysis and preterm delivery.

• Served high-risk antepartum patients.

• Assisted physicians in the OR as a scrub nurse and circulation nurse.

• Acted as staff nurse in triage unit, assessed patient needs versus laboring patients.

• Educated expectant parents in prenatal childbirth courses.

• Comforted patients and families dealing with pregnancy loss, serving as a bereavement counselor, ordering and providing appropriate literature and memory boxes to offer the grieving patient.

EDUCATION

Complete School Name, City, St/Country: List Graduation Years If Within the Last Ten Years
Complete Degree Name (Candidate) – Major (GPA: List if over 3.3)

• Relevant Coursework: List coursework taken (even include those you are planning on taking)

• Awards/Honors: List any awards, honors or big achievements

• Clubs/Activities: List clubs and activities in which you participated

• Relevant Projects: List 2-3 projects you have worked on

Always start with your most recent positions at the top of your resume. This is called reverse-chronological format, and keeps your most relevant information easy for hiring managers to review.