Marilen Barreda

• 16+ years of nursing experience in the Hospital and in the community
• Emergency Room experience, Operating Room experience, and Covid nurse tester experience
• Self-motivated, committed, professional, ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast pace environment, strong leadership and organizational skills, compassionate and empathetic, and committed to provide quality care

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Licensed in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• BCLS Certified (December 2020)
• Over 14 years of experience as a Registered Practical Nurse in a hospital setting which includes 11 years in an Emergency Department and over 3 years on an Inpatient Surgical
• Operating Room experience
• Self-motivated, professional with a commitment to providing quality care
• Compassionate and empathetic
• Strong leadership, communication and organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Fluent in both English and Filipino languages both written and verbal
• Computer skills: Type >60wpm, MS Office and Internet
• Advanced computer skills in Medi-tech and Microsoft Office including Outlook

Dec 2011 - Present Markham Stouffville Hospital

Emergency Department

• Providing excellent physical assessment skills
• Maintaining a healthy and safe workplace patients, families and staff
• Taking all reasonable precautions and working in compliance with hospital related policie health and safety legislation and best practice
• Administering oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications
• Able to initiate intravenous access and obtaining blood specimens via venipuncture
• Able to demonstrate initiative and the ability to function both independently and as a team member in a fast-paced demanding environment
• Demonstrate satisfactory work performance and attendance

• Peri-operative certification
• Post graduate Peri-operative Course from Centennial College
• Immediate pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care with regard to booked surgical procedures, assisting physicians, and other related duties
• Scrub nurse experience in caseloads to General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Vascular, Gynaecology, Advanced Laparoscopic and ENT procedures.
• Fostering a healthy and positive work environment in accordance with Health & Safety po and legislation.
• Evidence of sound organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to work well in str situations
• Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to work stressful situations
• Demonstrates a commitment to customer service when dealing with patients, colleagues volunteers and other members of the community and public

• Triaging staff and the community for Ministry criteria compliance
• Conducting COVID swab testing on patients
• Educating patients on post swab instructions

• Providing therapeutic communications
• Providing head to toe assessment
• Planning and implementing effective care
• Assisting clients during Preoperative and Postoperative care
• Able to apply sterile technique/ wound dressing
• Administering oral, subcutaneous, and intravenous medications
• Assisting clients with discharge planning
• Computerize documentation of client’s chart
• Ability to initiate and maintain peripheral intravenous lines

May 200 - June 2010 Scarborough General Hospital - Operating Room

• Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate aseptic techniques, infection control
• practices, decontamination and sterilization principles.
• Providing proper use of various instruments and sutures during different surgical
• procedures
• Demonstrating preoperative nursing actions according to specific surgical
• procedures with focus on the scrub nurse actions
• Applying the principals and actions of preoperative nursing to a variety of diverse
• patients and clinical situations during different surgical procedures
• Prioritizing nursing actions according to established CNO and ORNAC, and hospital
• standards/guidelines and legislation
• Planning and implementing effective care in a scrub nurse role

• May 2011- INC Giving (Scarborough) - Healthcare Lead
• Dec. 2006- Jan. 2007 YMCA Child Care Centre (Unionville)
• Day Care Aid

Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2010 Centennial College 

RPN Operating Room Certificate

Jan. 2009 - Apr. 2009 Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology 

Coronary Care Level 1 Course completion

Sept. 2004 - Jun. 2007 Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology 

Registered Practical Nursing Diploma Program