Kathy Holloway
Position at Whitireia Community Polytechnic: Associate Dean, Faculty of Health, Education and Social Sciences
Formal Qualifications & Awards
- Doctor of Nursing (candidate), University of Technology, Sydney, 2006-current.
- Post graduate Certificate in Online Education, University of Southern Queensland, Australia, 2003 with the Deans Commendation for Outstanding Achievement
- Masters of Health Science with Distinction, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia, 1998
- Advanced Certificate in Tertiary Teaching, Wellington Polytechnic, 1998
- Bachelor of Nursing with Distinction, University of Technology, Sydney, 1992
- Registered Comprehensive Nurse, Wellington Polytechnic, 1980.
- Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award from Whitireia Community Polytechnic & National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award nominee, 2004.
Research Papers, Publications and Presentations
Holloway, K. (1999). Preparation for Advanced Nursing Practice – Making a Difference. Literature review commissioned by Nurse Educators of the Tertiary Sector (NZ).
Holloway, K. (1999). The nursing care plan – fact or fantasy? The Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education, 4 (3), March.
Holloway, K. (1999) Developing an Evidence Base for Clinical Skills Teaching in an Undergraduate Program. Nursing Praxis of New Zealand,
Holloway, K. & Stickley, B. (2000) Clinical Education in the Practice Laboratory: No Longer an Optional Extra. Whitireia Nursing Journal, 32-45.
Holloway, K. (2000) The future for Nursing Education: UKCC review has relevance for New Zealand. Nursing Praxis of New Zealand, 22-46.
Holloway, K. (2001, August) Caveat Emptor: the mixed blessing of distance education. New Zealand Nurse Review: APN Publishing Ltd.
Holloway, K. & VanWissen , K. (2003, August) Bionursing. New Zealand Nurse Review: APN Publishing Ltd
Pearson, J. & Holloway, K. (2006). A postgraduate primary health care programme for experienced Registered Nurses and newly graduated nurses. Whitireia Nursing Journal, 13. 44-52
Holloway, K. (2004-2009) Webscope column. New Zealand Nurse Review: APN Publishing Ltd.
Holloway, K. (2004-2007) Webscope column. Education Review: APN Publishing Ltd.
Scholarly Activity: Current Research
2007-09 - Evaluation of Nursing Entry to Practice (NETP) programme – externally funded project
2009 - Simulation in Nursing Education – development of best practice guidelines – externally funded
2007-2011 - Development of specialist nursing framework for New Zealand - Doctoral research project
Scholarly Activity: Completed Research
Holloway, K. (1998). Developing an Evidence Base for Clinical Skills Teaching in an undergraduate Program. Unpublished Masters thesis
Holloway, K. & Boxer, E. (2000) Critical skills for new graduates – a collaborative international study. Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic.
Holloway, K. & Wilkinson, J. (2000). Experiences of undergraduate nursing students in an online learning environment. Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic.
Holloway, K. & Haggerty, C. (2003). Competence to assess competency: competency assessor preparation. Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic. http://www.coda.ac.nz/whitireia_healthstud_cp/2/
Holloway, K. &Pearson, J. (2003). Evaluation of New Graduate programme for Primary Health Care.Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic. http://www.coda.ac.nz/whitireia_healthstud_cp/3/
Holloway, K. & Halford, M. (2005) Training needs analysis for Hutt Valley District Health Board. Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic.
http://www.coda.ac.nz/whitireia_healthstud_op/1/
Holloway, K. & Halford, M. (2006) Evaluation of Core Training for Hutt Valley District Health Board. Unpublished report. Whitireia Community Polytechnic 2006
McEldowney, R,. Holloway, K., Haggerty, C., & Wilson, D. (2006, April) Research proposal: Evaluation of Nursing Entry to Practice (NETP) programme. Contract awarded and signed November 2006 for evaluation research 2007-2009.
Scholarly Activity: National and International Conference presentations
Holloway, K. & Stickley, B. (1998). Practicalities of the Practice Lab. Paper presentation at Adult Learning: Challenges and Choices Conference, Wellington, NZ (May).
Holloway, K. & Wilkinson, J. (2001). Pandora’s Box of online education. Poster presentation at Australasian Nurse Educators Conference in Auckland (October).
Holloway, K. & Wilkinson, J. (2001). Pandora’s Box of online education. Poster presentation at Contesting Conversations Conference, Adelaide (November)
Holloway, K. &Pearson, J. (2004). Primary health care programme evaluation. Paper presentation at Plunket Conference in Rotorua (June).
Holloway, K. (2005). Focussing the lenses - Competence to assess competency: competency assessor preparation. Competency Assessor Preparation Workshop. Poster presentation at nternational Assessment Conference, Hong Kong (June)
Holloway, K. & Haggerty, C. (2005). Competence to assess competency: competency assessor preparation. Paper presented at Australasian Nurse Educator’s conference, Dunedin (September).
Holloway, K., Maher, J. Reid, K., and Robertson, G. (2006). Educational alliance for practice development: Postgraduate tertiary and industry collaboration in hospice palliative care education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Poster presentation at Australasian Nurse Educator’s conference, Dunedin (September).
Holloway, K. & Halford, M. (2006). Whither annual training plans – where is the evidence? Peer reviewed abstract published in conference proceedings accompanied by presentation to Australian Nurse Educator Conference, September, Canberra, Australia .
Holloway, K., Maher, J. Reid, K., and Robertson, G. (2006). Educational alliance for practice development: Postgraduate tertiary and industry collaboration in hospice palliative care education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Peer reviewed abstract published in proceedings and poster presentation at Educational alliance, 16th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill, Montreal, Canada, September 2006.