Nursing Resume for Brazil: COREN, BLS/ACLS, and ATS Keywords

Healthcare is one of Brazil’s highest-volume hiring sectors — and also one of the highest ATS rejection rates. The reason is specific: nursing resumes commonly carry formatting mistakes that automated screening systems don’t forgive, including poorly formatted COREN registration numbers, incorrectly listed certifications, and missing technical keywords.

This guide shows how to structure a nursing or nursing technician resume to pass the automatic filters used by Brazil’s major hospitals and clinics.

Why healthcare resumes get rejected by ATS

Beyond the formatting errors common to any resume (table-based layouts, unreadable PDFs), healthcare professionals make field-specific mistakes:

• COREN with wrong format or abbreviation — “Reg. 123456” instead of “COREN-SP 123456”
• Certifications without the official name — “advanced life support” instead of “ACLS”
• Specialties not named explicitly— “ICU” without specifying (adult, neonatal, pediatric)
• Missing specific technical skills — not listing venipuncture, catheterization, SAE, electronic medical records
• Experience without workload context — not mentioning number of beds, patients per shift, or team size managed

How to list COREN correctly

COREN — Brazil’s nursing council registration — is the first credential verified for any nursing vacancy. Always list it with:

• Council abbreviation: COREN
• State: SP, RJ, MG, etc.
• Registration number
• Category: Nurse or Nursing Technician

Correct format:
COREN-SP 123456 | Nurse
COREN-MG 654321 | Nursing Technician

Place this in your certifications section or in the header, near your name and contact information.

Essential keywords for nursing resumes

Technical skills (procedures)

• Peripheral and central venipuncture
• Catheter insertion and maintenance (PICC, CVC)
• IV, IM, SC medication administration
• Urinary catheterization and nasogastric tube insertion
• Simple and complex wound care, debridement
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
• Lab specimen collection: CBC, arterial blood gas
• CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
• Manchester triage, Glasgow scale, Braden scale

Specialties and areas

• Adult ICU, neonatal ICU, pediatric ICU
• Emergency room, UPA (urgent care), SAMU (emergency medical service)
• Operating room, CME (central sterile supply)
• Medical-surgical wards
• Oncology, hematology, cardiology
• Home care, primary care, UBS (basic health unit)
• Occupational health, SESMT

Certifications

• BLS — Basic Life Support (include expiration date)
• ACLS — Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• PALS — Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• ATLS — Advanced Trauma Life Support (for trauma settings)
• Postgraduate specialization in ICU nursing, oncology, neonatology, etc.

Systems and processes

• SAE — Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem (Nursing Care Systemization)
• Electronic medical records: MV (Soul MV), Tasy, Philips, AGHUse
• Nursing prescriptions
• Adverse event reporting, CCIH (hospital infection control committee)
• NR32 (occupational health in healthcare environments), biosafety

Ideal resume structure for nursing

Header

Name, email, phone, city/state, COREN registration number

Professional summary

2–3 lines with your specialty, years of experience, and differentiators:

“Nurse with 6 years of experience in adult ICU and emergency settings. Specialization in intensive care nursing (COREN-SP 123456). BLS and ACLS certified. Background in mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, and sepsis protocol management.”

Experience entries

For each role, include:

• Exact title (Staff Nurse, Nursing Technician, Coordinator)
• Institution and city
• Period (month/year)
• Unit type and size (Adult ICU, 30 beds; Emergency Room, 15 beds)
• Main procedures and responsibilities
• Volume: patients per shift, team size managed (if coordinator)

Education

Undergraduate degree + postgraduate specialization + relevant courses, with institution name and year.

Certifications

BLS, ACLS, PALS — with expiration date for each.

Once your resume is structured correctly, run it through our free ATS checker to confirm the keywords from your target job description are landing where they need to.