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

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New York

The example

A licensed practical nurse resume, marked up.

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Dwayne Okafor

Licensed Practical Nurse — Skilled Nursing and Wound Care

Toledo, Ohio

Professional Summary

Licensed practical nurse with six years in skilled nursing, currently carrying a twenty-four resident assignment on a long-term care unit. Holds the facility wound care lead role and trains new nursing assistants on skin checks.

Experience

Licensed Practical Nurse

Maumee Valley Care Center • Toledo, OH

Mar 2021 - Present

  • Carry a twenty-four resident assignment on a long-term care unit, including medication pass and treatments.
  • Serve as wound care lead, tracking every stage two and above and presenting them at the weekly skin round.
  • Train nursing assistants on skin checks so pressure injuries get reported before they are staged.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Riverbend Post-Acute • Perrysburg, OH

Apr 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Post-acute rehabilitation unit with a heavy short-stay census.
  • Handled admissions paperwork and medication reconciliation for new arrivals, most of them coming straight from a hospital discharge.

Education

Owens Community College

Practical Nursing Diploma • Practical Nursing

Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

Skills

Medication administrationWound assessment and stagingLong-term care documentationIV therapySkin integrity monitoringNursing assistant trainingMedication reconciliationResident and family communicationMinimum data set support

Certifications

Ohio Licensed Practical Nurse License

Ohio Board of Nursing

Apr 2020

IV Therapy Certification

Ohio Board of Nursing

Aug 2021

Wound Care Certified

National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy

May 2023

Before you apply

What healthcare hiring managers look for

A manager hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse reads for scope, setting, and how much supervision the role assumed. Long-term care and clinic work are different jobs, and the resume should say which.

There are 10,351 open Licensed Practical Nurse roles, concentrated in New York.

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Common questions

Writing a licensed practical nurse resume.

Setting, resident or patient load, and the tasks you performed within your scope. Open Licensed Practical Nurse roles on the board right now: 10,351.

No. State and compact status is enough for a Licensed Practical Nurse; the number itself is verified at offer.

The license line does, because compact status differs by state. Lead with the state that issued yours, since many Licensed Practical Nurse postings sit in New York.