Healthcare / Nursing
Nursing resumes that pass hospital ATS, not just tech ones.
HCA, Tenet, Ascension, and Magnet hospitals run Workday and Cerner Recruit. Most resume tools were built for software jobs and don't know what to do with your BLS expiration date, your clinical rotations, or your charge nurse experience. We format nursing credentials and EHR keywords the way a recruiter actually reads them.
Why nursing resumes get filtered before a human sees them
01Credentials buried at the bottom. RN, BSN, BLS, ACLS, PALS belong in a credentials block at the top. Tools that put your name and a one-line summary first push these below the ATS scan window.
02Clinical rotations formatted as “jobs.” Your med-surg rotation isn't employment. It belongs in a clinical experience section with hours and preceptor info, not a Work History entry that confuses recruiters.
03Missing EHR keywords. Epic, Cerner, Meditech, EPIC PowerChart, Sunrise, Allscripts. Hospital ATS scans for these by exact name. “Electronic health records” alone won't match.
04CNA listed as “caregiver” or “personal assistant.” Generic AI rewrites soften clinical titles into vague service-industry language and tank your match score.
05BLS / ACLS expiration dropped. Hospitals require current certification to interview. “BLS Certified” without a date is treated as expired by Workday's compliance fields.
What ATSHack formats correctly for nursing
01RN license # placed at the top of the resume, right under the summary. State, license number, and expiration kept on a single line so recruiters scan it first.
02BSN, BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NIHSS preserved in their own dedicated sections (Education for the degree, Certifications for the cert list with expirations). No duplicating the same cert across three places.
03EHR systems matched to the posting verbatim. If the job lists Epic, Cerner, Meditech, Allscripts, or Sunrise, we mirror the exact spelling.
04Charge nurse, preceptor, and unit-specific experience surfaced in bullets, not buried.
05Refusal to fabricate. We will not add NCLEX dates, certifications, or floor experience that isn't in your source resume. Hospital HR verifies credentials before extending offers.
Hospital ATS we format for
Workday (HCA, Ascension, Banner Health, Cleveland Clinic), Cerner Recruit, iCIMS (Tenet, CommonSpirit), Lever, Greenhouse, and Taleo. Our output is a single-column PDF that all of these parse cleanly. No tables, no graphics, no skills bars that recruiters can't read.
FAQ
Yes. The catch: keep clinical rotations and capstone projects as their own sections in your source resume (don't list rotations as "jobs" in Work History). We preserve that structure rather than reformatting it for you. If your source already separates clinical experience, capstone, and student involvement, those stay as their own sections in the output.
Yes. If your source resume has the expiration dates, we keep them on each cert in the Certifications section. Workday compliance checks need them present.
If your source resume lists agency, host hospital, unit, dates, and floor type per contract, we preserve all of it. We won't infer a host hospital or floor type when your source doesn't specify it (recruiters verify this and a fabricated detail tanks an offer).
No. We refuse to add NIHSS, TNCC, ACLS, or any cert not in your source resume. Hospitals verify with the issuing body before hiring.
Yes, with one note. The top-of-resume credential placement is tuned for RN applications. CNA, MA, LPN, and NP work too, but their certifications fold into the Skills section in standard resume layout. Your license number, board cert, or population focus (FNP, AGNP, PMHNP) is preserved exactly as your source resume lists it.
For getting past the ATS, yes. Magnet hospitals also weigh shared governance involvement, EBP projects, and continuing education. If those are in your source resume, we keep them visible.
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