Resume Verbs: Health Care, Social and Human Skills

advocated
Example: Advocated for underserved populations.

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cared
Example: Cared for patients with complex, multisymptom diseases.

comforted
Example: Comforted victims as member of first-response team.

consoled
Example: Consoled victims and family members.

counseled
Example: Counseled client caseload with a variety of affective and schizophrenic disorders.

dedicated
Example: Dedicated to serving women recovering from domestic abuse.

devoted
Example: Devoted more than a decade of professional service to underserved migrant populations.

eased
Example: Eased tensions in multiracial, inner-city neighborhood.

embraced
Example: Embraced the uniqueness and worth of all cultures.

encouraged
Example: Encouraged clients recovering from substance abuse.

enriched
Example: Enriched the lives of at-risk children through linkages with a mentor program.

fostered
Example: Fostered relationships with geriatric clients.

healed
Example: Healed volatile, blended-family relationships.

helped
Example: Helped clients access no-cost or low-cost community resources.

interceded
Example: Interceded on behalf of non-English-speaking clients.

intervened
Example: Intervened on behalf of minors.

kindled
Example: Kindled hope for family members of children suffering from leukemia.

lifted
Example: Lifted the spirits of geriatric patients through movement and music-therapy sessions.

nursed
Example: Nursed outpatient HIV patients, administering antibiotic, antiviral, chemotherapy, and investigational agents.

nurtured
Example: Nurtured relationships between disassociated family members.

prescribed
Example: Prescribed therapeutic activities to facilitate restoration of movement.

reconciled
Example: Reconciled victims and offenders through court-ordered reconciliation program.

referred
Example: Referred clients to community resources that provided financial aid, health care services, and work-skills training.

rehabilitated
Example: Rehabilitated patients suffering from CNS trauma.

touched
Example: Touched the lives of at-risk youth, several of whom turned from involvement in gangs to return to school and complete their GEDs.