Paula Garvey has been a nurse for 30 years. Her clinical experience includes medical, surgical, cardiac, and cardiac surgery intensive care units, Emergency Department, critical care transport, and flight nursing. Garvey has 19 years of experience in nursing education, most recently at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, as the Manager of the Quality and Education programs at the Level 1 trauma center.

She received her master’s degree with a specialization in nursing education in 2010 and is board certified in Nursing Professional Development and a certified simulation educator. Garvey received her DNP in 2021. Garvey is now an Assistant Clinical Professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, where she assisted with the creation, development, and instruction of the world’s first and only Doctor of Nursing Education degree. Her research interests include Failure to Rescue prevention and geriatric trauma management.