Dr Holloway is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington. She has held multiple national nursing leadership roles over the last two decades and is the current co-chair of the National Nursing Leadership group. A registered nurse since 1980, Kathy's doctoral work developed a specialist nursing framework for New Zealand. Many specialty nursing groups nationally articulate the contribution they can make to addressing health care need using her doctoral work. Through her research and national leadership roles Kathy is involved in clarifying the potential of nursing expertise to improve the patient experience and inform workforce planning models.