Keyword Atlas · Healthcare · No 01
The words hiring systems and registered nurse hiring managers actually look for, drawn from the U.S. Department of Labor occupational database and the bodies that certify this field. Sourced, dated, and checked by machine.
The keywords
Tap any keyword to see exactly where it comes from and how to use it in a real bullet.
Skill mix
Federal knowledge ratings for registered nurses rank Psychology above Medicine and Dentistry, with Customer and Personal Service close behind. That is not a sign clinical skill matters less; it is a sign patient interaction, judgment, and service consistently rate as the harder-to-teach differentiators. Lead your keywords with clinical hard skills, but do not starve the interpersonal ones.
Wage terrain
Placement
Title, years, one certification, one specialty. Densest keyword real estate on the page.
Hard skills and tools, each attached to an outcome with a number.
Exact-phrase matching for screening software. Mirror the job posting's own wording.
One or two signature keywords woven into a story. Never a list.
The receipts
75% of resumes are rejected by ATS before a human ever sees them.NO PRIMARY SOURCE
Employers admit their screening systems filter out qualified candidates who don't match a job posting's exact wording.VERIFIED · HBS 2021
Asked constantly
No verified universal number exists. The stronger practice is mirroring the specific terms in the job posting itself, prioritizing hard clinical skills, the employer's EHR system, and your active certifications, over hitting a target count.
Yes. Spell out the full title at least once and use "RN" elsewhere. Screening software matches phrasing literally, so covering both forms closes a possible gap.
Yes. List them by name, spelled out and abbreviated on first use, since employers and screening software both search for the exact terms.
Epic Systems and MEDITECH software are both flagged as O*NET Hot Technologies for this occupation, meaning current job-posting demand for them is elevated. Name the exact system you used, not just "EHR experience."