In a perfect world, you would have complete mastery over your basic writing skills.  However, a realistic goal is to write well enough so that you will neither distract readers with errors nor attract the average educated reader’s negative critical attention.  

You should list every job you have ever held on a resume.

If you regularly communicate in certain dialects, forms of English considered “non-standard,” or different languages altogether (ex. Southern dialect,  Ebonics,  Spanglish, or generational slang, for example), you will likely benefit from learning how to code-switch, which is

Professional resumes typically contain

on the way 

All of these are standard forms of business communication:

Which of the following is correct about neural control of ventilation?

A client is receiving the third course of fluorouracil therapy and knows that stomatitis is a potential adverse effect of antineoplastic therapy.  What will the nurse teach her client about managing stomatitis?

The clinical nurse educator is preparing a presentation regarding health promotion education for clients who were just diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. To decrease the risk of disease related complication the nurse educator should recommend to a client which of the following actions? 

A client has just been diagnosed with condylomata acuminata (genital warts). What information is appropriate to tell this client?