Built by People Who
Actually Hire Nurses
Most resume tools are built by tech companies that don't understand nursing. ResumeRN is different — our content is written and reviewed by a Senior Nurse Manager who's read thousands of nursing resumes and hired hundreds of nurses.
Nicole Smith, RN, MS, CMSRN
Senior Nurse Manager & Clinical Content Advisor
Nicole is a Clinical Nurse Manager at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, a Magnet-designated NCI comprehensive cancer center in Buffalo, NY. She oversees nursing operations on a medical-surgical inpatient unit, supporting the delivery of comprehensive oncology services. With over 20 years of nursing experience — from a certified nurses aide to a clinical nurse manager — she brings firsthand knowledge of every career stage to ResumeRN's content.
Clinical Experience
- 20+ years of nursing experience (CNA → RN → Clinical Nurse Manager)
- Clinical Nurse Manager at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN)
- MS in Nursing (WGU) & BSN (Niagara University)
Hiring & Leadership
- 8+ years managing nursing operations & hiring
- Chair, Nursing Recruitment, Retention & Recognition Council
- Multiple Daisy Award winner (Team 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) & Rose Award winner
Why Our Experience Matters for Your Resume
When you use a generic resume builder, you're getting advice from people who've never read a nursing resume from the hiring side of the table. They don't know that nurse recruiters scan for license type in the first three seconds. They don't know that "proficient in EMR" means nothing without naming the system. They don't know that a charge nurse resume needs different language than a staff nurse resume.
Nicole does. She's the person who reads the resumes, conducts the interviews, and makes the hiring decisions. Every guide, template, and AI prompt in ResumeRN reflects what she and her hiring peers actually look for — not what a content writer guesses they might want.
That's the difference between a resume that gets filtered out by ATS software and one that lands on a nurse manager's desk with a sticky note that says "call this one."
Our Editorial Process
Research-Backed
Every guide is based on real hiring patterns, ATS requirements, and recruiter feedback — not recycled career blog advice.
Expert-Reviewed
All content is reviewed by Nicole to ensure clinical accuracy and alignment with what nurse hiring managers actually evaluate.
Continuously Updated
Nursing hiring trends change. Our guides are regularly updated to reflect current ATS systems, credential requirements, and market conditions.