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In this episode, Dr. Oliviera shares Hawaii nursing workforce research findings, research on the well-being of the nursing workforce, and the pros and cons of travel nursing.

Carrie M. Oliveira, PhD, is the Associate Director & Workforce Researcher for the Hawaii State Center for Nursing. Dr. Oliveira designs and deploys the data collection and reporting strategy for Hawaii's largest body of nursing workforce data. Dr. Oliveira works to ensure that Hawaii's nursing workforce data are translated into impactful reports used by legislators, nurse executives, and other leaders in health care and nursing education to influence workforce development programs and policies.

In addition to her work at the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Dr. Oliveira engages with her colleagues across the country to support best practices in nursing workforce data collection. As the Chair of the Research Committee of the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers, she has led the revisions of the Forum's minimum dataset documents, which provide guidance to states for the collection of nursing workforce supply, demand, and education data. Dr. Oliveira also collaborated with colleagues from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to co-author the 2020 and 2024 editions of the National Nursing Workforce Survey which describes the characteristics of the nation's nursing workforce.

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Hawaii State Center for Nursing

National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Florida Center for Nursing

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The Florida Center for Nursing

The Florida Center for Nursing is established to research and address issues of supply and demand for nursing, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse 

The vision of the Florida Center for Nursing is to ensure that the health care needs of the residents and visitors of Florida are met by a competent and sufficient nursing workforce.

The Florida Center for Nursing is proudly headquartered at the University of South Florida College of Nursing.