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Nurse CV Format in Nepal
The person shortlisting nursing CVs — a matron, a hospital administrator, an agency — checks two things before reading a single sentence: your registration and your qualification. Then they look for the wards you have actually worked in. This guide shows how to put those three things where they cannot be missed, with a complete example CV to copy.
Updated 17 July 2026
Quick answer
A nurse CV in Nepal is one to two pages with: your nursing qualification (PCL, B.Sc. Nursing, or BNS) and nursing council registration stated near the top; clinical experience written ward by ward, naming the department, your duties, and the procedures you handled; a skills section with the clinical skills you can honestly perform; and clean, error-free formatting — accuracy on the page signals accuracy on the ward.
Key takeaways
- The shortlister checks registration and qualification before reading a sentence — put both in the top third of the page, with the registration number.
- Write experience ward by ward: department, patient load per shift, and the procedures and equipment you actually handled.
- Skills are procedures, not adjectives: IV cannulation, catheterisation, wound care, charting — and only ones you can perform on day one.
- Registration in process? Say exactly that ("registration applied, [month/year]") — a missing line reads as a missing registration.
- Applying abroad: the clinical content stays identical; verify licensing requirements with official channels, never a CV guide.
Build this CV in the editor.
Start building →Registration and qualification go first
Employers filter on these before anything else, so state them in the top third of the page — not buried in an Education section on page two:
- Your qualification, exactly: PCL Nursing, B.Sc. Nursing, or BNS, with the college and completion year.
- Your nursing council registration: state that you are registered and include the registration number in your personal details — employers verify it against the certificate.
- Any specialised training with a certificate behind it: midwifery, critical care, OT, or a short course the employer can check.
Tip: If your registration is in process, say exactly that — "registration applied, [month/year]" — rather than leaving the line out. A missing registration line reads as a missing registration.
Write clinical experience ward by ward
"Worked as a staff nurse" tells a matron nothing — every applicant worked as a staff nurse. Name the ward, the patient load, and what you actually did there:
✗ Unreadable
Staff Nurse — hospital, Kathmandu (2022–present)
• Responsible for patient care and other nursing duties.
✓ Shortlistable
Staff Nurse, Medical Ward — 30-bed general hospital, Kathmandu (2022–present)
• Primary care for 8–10 patients per shift: medication administration, IV cannulation, wound dressing, vitals monitoring and charting.
• Assisted in emergency admissions and shifted to ER coverage on rotation.
For each role, cover: the department or ward (medical, surgical, ER, ICU, OT, maternity, paediatrics), the size of the unit or your patient load per shift, the procedures and equipment you handled, and any rotation or in-charge responsibility. Keep each bullet one line where you can.
The skills section: procedures, not adjectives
"Hardworking and caring" appears on every nursing CV in the pile and filters nothing. List clinical skills an employer can match to a vacancy — and only ones you can perform if asked on day one:
Do
- Name procedures: IV cannulation, catheterisation, NG tube insertion, wound care, injection administration, vitals and charting.
- Name equipment where relevant: cardiac monitor, infusion pump, nebuliser, defibrillator (if trained).
- Add documentation and language skills — charting in English, patient counselling in Nepali and local languages.
- Keep BLS or other certifications with their year if they are current.
Don't
- List a procedure you have only observed — an interview question exposes it in one minute.
- Write personality adjectives (dedicated, compassionate) as skills; show them through your work instead.
- Pad with unrelated computer skills unless the post asks for records or reporting work.
A complete staff-nurse CV example
Example — staff nurse with two years' experience
SITA KUMARI SHARMA
Staff Nurse (B.Sc. Nursing) — Registered
Kathmandu · 98XXXXXXXX · sita.sharma@email.com
SUMMARY
B.Sc. Nursing graduate with 2 years in medical and emergency wards of a
30-bed hospital. Confident in IV therapy, wound care, and emergency
admissions. Seeking a staff-nurse post in a larger acute-care unit.
REGISTRATION & EDUCATION
Nursing council registration no: [number]
B.Sc. Nursing — [college], Kathmandu (2023)
EXPERIENCE
Staff Nurse, Medical Ward — [hospital], Kathmandu (2023–present)
• Primary care for 8–10 patients per shift: medications, IV cannulation,
wound dressing, vitals monitoring and charting.
• ER rotation one week per month: triage support and emergency admissions.
SKILLS
IV cannulation · Catheterisation · Wound care · Injections · Charting
Patient counselling (Nepali, English) · Infusion pump · Cardiac monitor
Copy the structure and replace every detail with your own. Every line must survive the employer checking it against your certificates — that is the whole test.
Applying abroad? Same CV, different wrapper
Nursing recruitment abroad runs on licensing and paperwork that differ by destination and change over time — verify the current requirements with the employer, the destination's nursing authority, or a licensed agency, never a CV guide. What the CV itself needs is simpler: for Gulf employers, follow the Gulf CV rules (photo, personal-details block, one to two pages); for other destinations, ask what format the recruiter expects before you send anything. The clinical content — wards, procedures, patient loads — stays exactly as this guide describes.
Two destinations are worth understanding before you commit. Japan recruits caregivers and nurses through the SSW route, which tests nursing-care skills, not just language. Europe lists healthcare among its shortage occupations — a fast-growing route, but one with real risks that page lays out plainly, so read it before you pay anyone.
Frequently asked questions
- I'm a fresh nursing graduate — what do I include?
- Lead with your qualification and registration status, then your clinical placements: the wards you rotated through, the procedures you practised, and roughly how many weeks each posting lasted. A fresher CV built on specific placements beats one padded with adjectives. The fresher guide covers the rest of the page.
- Should a nursing CV have a photo?
- For jobs in Nepal, usually not — hospitals read CVs like corporate employers, so the clean ATS-friendly format works best. Add a passport-style photo only when the advert asks for one, or when applying through foreign-employment channels that expect it.
- How long should a nurse CV be?
- One page for freshers and nurses with a few years' experience; two pages only when real clinical history fills them. A matron reading thirty CVs spends under a minute on each — depth on your strongest wards beats a long thin list.
- My registration is still in process — can I apply?
- State it honestly on the CV — "registration applied, [month/year]" — and let the employer decide. Whether a post can accept an in-process registration is the employer's call, and claiming a registration you don't yet hold ends the application permanently.