Provincial clinical nurse specialist
PHSA, Canada
Valerie Barrette, RN, MScN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cardiac Services BC, PHSA
Vancouver, Canada
Valerie Barrette completed a Bachelor of Sciences (Nursing) at McGill University in 2003. She then went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Nursing Sciences with a complementary diploma as a Nurse Practitioner specialized in cardiology at University of Montreal in 2010. She worked as a nurse practitioner for 7 years on a cardiac surgery unit at the University of Montreal Health Centre in Montreal.
In 2017, she moved to British Columbia with her family, and went back to work as a registered nurse on a cardiology unit, and soon after at a Heart Function clinic, which included a Cardiac Rehabilitation clinic. She also performed home health monitoring for heart failure patients through Tec4home until 2019. Since August 2019, Valerie is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Cardiac Services BC (CSBC). Valerie's work falls mostly within the Quality, Research and Integrated Care portfolio.