Marissa Metauro
Summary
Expert in emergency, triage, and trauma care, offering valuable experience in the nursing field. Collaborative nature facilitates effective teamwork with inter-professional teams, leading to efficient, decisive, and compassionate patient-centered care. Avid and demonstrated learner seeking to enhance knowledge, skills, and judgment through a graduate-level education in the Masters in Nursing program at the University of Toronto. Ultimate goal is to become a well-rounded and compassionate healthcare provider as a nurse practitioner, ensuring the best service for patients of diverse backgrounds.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department Communications Working Group
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
11.2024 - Current
- A registered nurse representative amongst a multidisciplinary team working towards improving methods of communication in the emergency department to ensure the delivery of important patient information while achieving efficient work flow
Emergency Department Practice Council
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
09.2023 - Current
- Attend and contribute to monthly meetings focused on improving different practice initiatives within the department including redefining triage roles and improving department metrics for patient initial assessments and time to definitive treatment plans
- Collaborating on a quality initiative project focusing on the use of restraints and highlighting different mental health legislation in order to improve practice of nurses within the emergency environment
- Committed to preparedness for mass disaster events by being a representative for the Emergency Department in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's annual mock code orange table top activity as an ACS accredited Level 1 Trauma Centre. Here, several key hospital stakeholders including trauma surgeons, trauma tem leaders, triage nurses, charge nurses, patient flow, operating room teams and more gather to practice existing policies and discover methods for the organization's improvement
- Further committed to mass disaster preparedness by partaking in a large scale mock mass disaster activity hosted at Humber College with a team of multidisciplinary health care providers from hospitals across Toronto and the GTA. In this activity I took on the role of charge nurse and was coordinating care of incoming and existing patients from pre hospital to hospital care while facilitating definitive plans for patients of varying levels of acuity.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCE CENTRE
04.2022 - Current
- Provides patient-centered care within varying levels of acuity including those with multi system traumatic injuries, non-invasive and invasive ventilatory needs, different forms of shock and, critically ill patients requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Successfully able to initiate and maintain intravenous access in addition to managing and utilizing central venous access devices and, arterial lines for invasive blood pressure monitoring and frequent blood draws
- Strong performance in stressful situations with confidence in providing mediations via required route to aid in functions such as ventilation and perfusion, blood products during massive transfusion protocols and advanced cardiac life saving medications
- A collaborative team member who displays strong leadership as an ambulatory care zone lead by overseeing the care of over twenty patients at time, collaborating with physicians to create care plans and facilitating patient flow
- Strategically triages patients with knowledge, skill and judgement per CTAS guidelines in order to assign patients to correct a correct level of care and continue their reassessments until a definitive care zone is reached
- Strong ability to remain professional and empathetic with multiple demanding factors such as prolonged physician initial assessments and decreased availability of stretchers while balancing the challenge of incoming and existing patients
- Committed to the growth and success of new colleagues in emergency and trauma care, specifically new graduate nurses by serving as an official preceptor for nurses of the New Graduate Guarantee program. In this role I share knowledge, lead by example and provide constructive feedback to support the development of new nurses
Registered Nurse, Acute Care Nursing Resource Team
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Confidently and safely practices with adaptability for acute patients in various clinical settings
- Flexible throughout shifts, able to respond to changes in patient condition through critical thinking and appropriate escalation of care while prioritizing patient care accordingly
- Communicates and supports the multidisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to care for preoperative and postoperative patients with peripheral nerve blocks, several IV meds via continuous, intermittent or push infusion, patient-controlled analgesia, chest tubes, external fixators and more
Emergency Department ED/ICU Liaison Committee
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
08.2024 - Current
- Working collaboratively with stakeholders from the ED and ICUs to improve transfers of patients between departments and prevent delays in care
- Creating a stronger shared understanding of the experience and priorities of critical care and emergency nurses which has translated into the implementation of the ER/ICU liason RN
Education
Certificate in Emergency Nursing -
Humber College
Toronto, ON07.2022
EMGY510: Emergency Nursing – Introduction -
Humber College
Toronto, ON12.2021
CORN510: Cardiology Nursing – Level 1 -
Humber College
Toronto, ON10.2021
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Specialized Honours Degree -
York University
Toronto, ON05.2021
Skills
- Patient assessment
- Critical care management
- Emergency response coordination
- Patient triage
- Team collaboration
- Disaster preparedness training
- Patient-centered care
- Effective communication
- Leadership development
- Conflict resolution
- Critical evaluation capacity
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
Accomplishments
- Recognized by team members as a person who stands out beyond the rest. Presence changes experience of how the team works collaboratively, positively influencing the work place culture.
- Awarded for support and dedication to education within the emergency department. Time and effort contributed to creating meaningful clinical experiences, laying the foundation for the success of new nurses. Being a role model and providing guidance sets an expectation of high standards of care.
Recognition of Team Member
Emergency Department Nursing Preceptor 2024
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 12/01/23
- Basic Cardiac Life Support, 03/08/25
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 03/08/25
- Crisis Prevention Institute Training, 03/01/22
- Trauma Nursing Core Course, 04/01/23
- Canadian Triage Acuity Scale Certified, 10/01/23
- Advance Nursing Competency Sunnybrook Emergency Deparment, 12/01/23
Professional Memberships
- Registered Nurse - General Class, College of Nurses of Ontario, 21414989, 06/01/21, Current
- Associate Member, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, 06/01/21, Current
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Emergency Department Communications Working Group
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
11.2024 - Current
Emergency Department ED/ICU Liaison Committee
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
08.2024 - Current
Emergency Department Practice Council
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
09.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCE CENTRE
04.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Acute Care Nursing Resource Team
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
07.2021 - 04.2022
Certificate in Emergency Nursing -
Humber College
EMGY510: Emergency Nursing – Introduction -
Humber College
CORN510: Cardiology Nursing – Level 1 -
Humber College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Specialized Honours Degree -
York University
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