Hawaii State Center for Nursing

05/06/2026

It's Nurses Week so we wanted to send a little extra aloha 🩷🌺 to every nurse in Hawaii. We are grateful for your expertise, compassion, and commitment to caring for the people of our state. Mahalo nui for all you do.

06/20/2024

Much of our team was in San Diego this week with our friends and colleagues from the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. We spent two and a half days hearing presentations and engaging in conversations about nursing workforce. We are feeling energized and ready to bring back much of what we learned back home so we can continue working to support Hawaii's nurses.

10/19/2023

SimHuddle is upon us! Our conference co-chairs we're working on last minute details during our pre-conference day today. Tomorrow, the real fun begins!

08/11/2023

Governor Josh Green issued a Fourth Emergency Proclamation Relating to the Maui Wildfires today.

It allows nurses, physicians, and respiratory therapists with an active, unencumbered license in another state to provide healthcare services in Hawaii.

You can read the news release and the proclamation by clicking the link below.

HONOLULU ̶ Shortly after arriving back in the state, Governor Josh Green, M.D., issued a fourth emergency proclamation (EP) relating to the ongoing emergency due to the wildfire disasters in […]

08/08/2023

Hey Hawaii nurses!

There’s just one week left to tell us if you think that Hawaii should join the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)!

Share your opinion by completing our 1-minute survey.

Your data will be included in a report that the Hawaii State Center for Nursing provides to the legislature to inform their decision-making about implementing the NLC in our state.

Visit our Linktree (it’s in our bio) to access the survey.

07/27/2023

Hey Hawaii Nurses!

Should Hawaii join the Nurse Licensure Compact?

Would you get a multistate license?

Tell us in this 1-minute survey!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HawaiiNLC2023

07/08/2023

We've extended the abstract submission deadline for SimHuddle! Abstracts are due by July 16. Click here to submit: http://go.hawaii.edu/XBx.

We, along with the California Simulation Alliance & the Simulation Alliance look forward to seeing you in Waikiki in October!

07/07/2023

We're accepting abstracts for our upcoming simulation conference, SimHuddle!

We are accepting abstracts presenting research or scholarly activity, workshops for skills you want to teach or demosnstrate, or burning questions or challenges that you need some guidance with.

There's a link to the detailed call in our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/HiCtr4Nursing

California Simulation Alliance Victorian Simulation Alliance

06/14/2023

We have been conferencing with our amazing colleagues from the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers in DC!

1️⃣ Our Researcher, CarrieO, and Mary Farmer from after their presentation about the UHMC CNA to LPN glidepath.

2️⃣ CarrieO, and our Boss, Laura Reichhardt.

3️⃣ Director of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center, Rebecca Wiseman, and our Associate Director, Katherine Finn Davis.

4️⃣ Katherine Finn Davis giving her presentation in which she provided a comprehensive overview of the Center's various activities designed to promote a culture of EBP in Hawaii.

06/10/2023

Hey, friends! We're putting on a conference! 😍🥳😍🥳

With our colleagues from the California Simulation Alliance and the Victorian Simulation Alliance of Australia, we're hosting SimHuddle - a Transpacific Simulation Alliance Conference. Our event will take place on October 17-20 at the beautiful Alohilani Hotel in Waikiki. 🌺🤙🌴🌊

We're planning one-and-half days of keynotes, workshops, panels, and opportunities to network with your colleagues about all things related to simulation in healthcare.

We also have a pre-confernece day of workshops and a Writing Retreat that will provide mentorship to folks who want to publish thier research.

Click below to visit our Linktree. There you can register for the conference and pre-workshops, submit an abstract, sign up to get our newsletter so you stay on top of all the conference news.

https://linktr.ee/HiCtr4Nursing

We hope to see you in October!