Cathy Grimes has a first class honor's degree from Letterkenny University Ireland. She then completed her Masters in Professional Practice in Nursing in 2018 from Buckinghamshire New University, England. Cathy is currently working as a Clinical Nurse Manager three in Mullingar hospital Emergency Department.

She has published her recent research On “The effects of family witnessed Resuscitation on Health Care Professionals” in the British Journal of Nursing 2020.

Cathy has worked as a Senior Sister the Emergency Department and in recent years worked as a practice development nurse. She has spoken as a key speaker at the London trauma nursing conference on her development of trauma training in the Emergency Department.