Associate Professor Loretta Garvey
Associate Head of Nursing (Curriculum and Accreditation), and Associate Professor, Nursing
Campus
Biography
Associate Professor Loretta Garvey was involved in the establishment of the Bachelor of Nursing program at Swinburne University, where she utilised her expertise to develop an active learning curriculum in undergraduate nurse education. Previously, Loretta served as the Assessment Coordinator in Nursing and Midwifery at Monash University and taught acute medical surgical nursing. This worked aligns with her research focus on active learning in higher education through the flipped classroom and blended learning. Loretta is also passionate about research and implementation of innovations in assessment which aligns with her role at Federation as the Assessment Transformation Lead for the university. Loretta’s honours research focused on the factors that influence Graduate Nurses' decisions to initiate medication and her current clinical areas of research are focused in the areas of mental health and aged care. Previously, Loretta coordinated assessment and clinical skills education for the campus-based years of the Monash Medical Doctorate (MD) which led to her PhD research exploring the readiness of year 1 and 2 MD students to engage in problem-based learning.
Fields of research
- Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
- Publications
What Enables Implementation of Pain Management Interventions in Intensive Care Units and Why: A Realist Evaluation to Refine Program Theory
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/jan.16500
A Comparison of first year nursing students' assessment journey at two universities; an exploratory mixed methods study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/0309877X.2024.2444440
A Comparison of first year nursing students' assessment journey at two universities; an exploratory mixed methods study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/0309877X.2024.2444440
Exploring simulation-based education in pre-registration nursing curriculum - Barriers and enablers: An integrative review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ecns.2025.101748
The Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Depression and Anxiety: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/inm.70054
Perspectives of Carers on the Physical Health of Young People with Early Psychosis
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/01612840.2025.2558055
Development and validation of the Competence Assessment Insights Survey for Australian Registered Nurses (CAISA-RN)
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2025.09.006