Nicole Martin
Barrie,Canada
Summary
Public Health Nurse and Registered Nurse experienced in patient care management and public health coordination. Led nursing teams to deliver high-quality care through expertise in epidemiology and outbreak control. Focused on enhancing patient outcomes and supporting colleagues in dynamic healthcare environments.
Overview
1
1
Certification
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Obstetrics and Gynecology Registered Nurse
Orillia Soldiers Memorial
Orillia, Ontario
05.2026 - Current
- Provided comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care to patients in diverse settings.
- Educated patients on reproductive health, family planning, and prenatal nutrition.
- Assisted physicians during examinations and surgical procedures in a clinical environment.
Outpatient Surgery Registered Nurse
North york General
Toronto, ON
12.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse: Labor and Delivery
North York General
01.2000 - Current
- Provided compassionate care for patients and families throughout the labor and delivery process.
- Caring for antepartum, intrapartum, preoperative, perioperative, postoperative, and postpartum patients.
- Assessing perinatal and newborn patients for fetal heart monitor readings and interpretations.
- Coordinated with health care teams to ensure comprehensive care and access to necessary resources.
- Managed staffing, daily assignments, and care plans for in-patient clients to optimize patient outcomes.
- Oversaw staffing, daily assignments, orders, care plan management, and more for in-patient clients.
- Performing venipuncture, catheters, epidurals, phlebotomy, intravenous insertion, and related maintenance.
- Using expertise to orient, educate, act as preceptor/mentor, and teach fetal monitoring (and more).
- Directing operating room scrubbing, circulating duties, and post-surgical and post-anaesthetic care.
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Teal
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
09.2025 - 11.2025
- Coordinated patient care plans with multidisciplinary teams for optimal outcomes.
- Assessed patient conditions and reported changes to healthcare teams.
- Administered medications and treatments according to physician orders and protocols.
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Solutions staffing
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
08.2025 - 09.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses for safety and effectiveness.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop tailored patient care plans.
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to diverse patient populations in various healthcare settings.
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Select Medical
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
05.2025 - 07.2025
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses for safety and effectiveness.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop tailored patient care plans.
- Provided comprehensive nursing care to diverse patient populations in various healthcare settings.
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Solutions staffing
Vernon, British Columbia
02.2025 - 03.2025
- Provided direct patient care in various healthcare settings across multiple states.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses using electronic health records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans and strategies.
Public Health Nurse
Simcoe Muskoka District Public Health Unit
01.2020 - 12.2024
- Acting as a Public Health Nurse Investigator in the hospital's Non-Institution Outbreak Team.
- Managing complex Workplace and School Investigations of health issues (including of Covid-19 cases).
- Managing complex Workplace and School Investigations of health issues (including Covid-19 cases).
- Successfully planning, implementing, and evaluating complex public health programs and services.
- Gathered, assessed, interpreted, and reported on diverse patient data and health trends to inform public health strategies.
- Using experience and training to initiate investigations and begin case and contact management.
- Coordinating through outbreak responses, from declaring an outbreak to communicating completion.
- Clearly communicating complex clinical information in various formats verbally and through writing.
- Determining outbreak urgency levels, utilizing enhanced surveillance, and performing IPAC assessments.
Public Health Nurse/Communicable Disease Investigator
Toronto Public Health
05.2020 - 12.2020
- Thoroughly investigate and managed Covid-19 cases, from initial diagnosis through recovery.
- Contacted patients, conducted interviews, traced contacts, and monitored household contacts to ensure comprehensive case management.
- Gained and applied expertise in evolving pandemic response processes and procedures to enhance effectiveness in case investigations.
- Created, reviewed, and maintained a variety of documents, forms, and reports to support efficient case tracking and documentation.
Registered Nurse: Day Surgery
North York General
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Administered pre-op medications and provided post-anesthesia care following operative/invasive procedures.
- Assessed and interviewed patients in pre-operations and safely discharges patients from the facility.
- Developed and maintained physical and electronic files, reports, charts, and clinical documentation to support patient care.
- Administered pre-op medications and delivered post-anesthesia care to ensure patient safety and comfort following operative/invasive procedures.
- Executed complex patient care duties according to instructions from Anesthesia or the Surgeon.
- Fostered collaborative relationships with physicians, staff, patients, and families to enhance communication and care coordination.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Victoria
Registered Nursing Diploma -
Centennial College
Skills
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Maternal-fetal medicine
- High-risk obstetrics
- Prenatal care
- Postpartum care
- Labor support
- Intrapartum care
- Newborn care
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Fetal monitoring
- Electronic fetal monitoring
- Medication administration
- Patient care excellence
- Direct patient care
- Clinical documentation
- Care coordination
- Patient education
- Assisting in surgeries
- Emergency response
- Outbreak Control Measures
- Communicable Disease Responses
- Contact investigations
- Covid-19 best practices
- Public health interventions
- Public health services
- Clinical data analysis
- Quality improvement
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Nursing team leadership
- Expert Registered Nursing Skills
- Monitoring vital signs
- IV insertion
- Fetal heart interpretation
- Gestational diabetes management
- Planning counseling
- Emotional support
- Pain management techniques
- Obstetric emergencies
- Newborn assessment
- High-risk pregnancies
- Effective communication
- Critical thinking
- HIPAA compliance
- Fetal heart interpretation
- Pain management techniques
- Direct patient care
- Monitoring vital signs
Certification
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- NRP
- Fetal Health surveillance Certification
- MOREOB
- RNAO 18-hour breastfeeding coursework
- Acorn 2025
- RNAO membership
- NL, NS, BC, PEI and ON nursing licenses
Personal Information
Title: RN, BSN
Training
- IPAC Core Competencies, 2021
- IPAC CDI Case Scenarios, 2021
- Health Equity Impact Assessment: Module 1-5, 2021
- Health Promotion Foundation: 1-9, 2016
Career Note
Also acted as Registered Nurse for the Office of Dr. Nicholas Pairaudeau - Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2005 - 2013) and Registered Nurse for Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (2001 - 2004).
Professional Highlights
- Effectively leading nursing teams through excellent interpersonal, motivation, and communication skills.
- Using expert knowledge of epidemiology, communicable diseases, and outbreak identification/control measures.
- Applying best practices to plan and implement program initiatives in a variety of settings and clients.
- Managing venipuncture, intravenous catheters, epidurals, phlebotomy, intravenous insertion, and more.
- Using education and hands-on experience to preceptor, mentor, and orient colleagues, staff and students.
- Meeting or exceeding the highest patient care standards while collaborating in a fast-paced environment.
- Gathering, assessing, interpreting, and reporting on a wide range of patient data and health trends.
- Pursuing professional growth and development to grow the skills and knowledge to care for patients.
Timeline
Obstetrics and Gynecology Registered Nurse
Orillia Soldiers Memorial
05.2026 - Current
Outpatient Surgery Registered Nurse
North york General
12.2025 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Teal
09.2025 - 11.2025
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Solutions staffing
08.2025 - 09.2025
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Select Medical
05.2025 - 07.2025
Travel Registered Nurse OBS
Solutions staffing
02.2025 - 03.2025
Public Health Nurse/Communicable Disease Investigator
Toronto Public Health
05.2020 - 12.2020
Public Health Nurse
Simcoe Muskoka District Public Health Unit
01.2020 - 12.2024
Registered Nurse: Day Surgery
North York General
01.2017 - 12.2020
Registered Nurse: Labor and Delivery
North York General
01.2000 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Victoria
Registered Nursing Diploma -
Centennial College