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Holloway's research specializes in nursing workforce planning, specialist nursing frameworks, and medicine, nursing, and health curriculum and pedagogy. Her doctoral work produced a specialist nursing framework for New Zealand, adopted by national specialty nursing groups to define their roles in addressing healthcare needs. She holds leadership positions including co-chair of the National Nursing Leadership group, Fellow and past elected Board member of the College of Nurses Aotearoa, and past Deputy Chair of the Nursing Council of New Zealand as a ministerial appointee for seven years. Key publications include 'How to grow our own: An evaluation of preceptorship in New Zealand graduate nurse programmes' (Contemporary Nurse, 2013), 'Entry to nursing practice preceptor education and support: could we do it better?' (Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 2012), 'Training needs analysis—The essential first step for continuing professional development design' (Nurse Education in Practice, 2018), 'Specialist nursing framework for New Zealand: A missing link in workforce planning' (Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 2009), and 'Core components of the rural nurse specialist role in New Zealand' (Rural and Remote Health, 2018). Her scholarship, with over 500 citations, informs national policy on sustainable nursing workforces and enhances patient experiences through advanced nursing expertise.