Paula Garvey

Biography

Dr. 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. Dr. Garvey has 20 years of experience in nursing education, most recently at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, with 10 years as a health system nurse educator and eight years as the Manager of the Quality and Education programs for the Level 1 trauma program. 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 Healthcare Simulation Educator. Dr. Garvey received her DNP in 2021 and is now an Assistant Clinical Professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing where she assisted with the development and instruction of the world’s first and only Doctor of Nursing Education degree.