Legislative / Political Action

Budget Crisis

Over the last three years, WA State took $10 billion dollars in cuts to health, human services, higher education, corrections and more. This dollar amount is equivalent to over three times the size of our college and university system.

Since last spring, our State deficit grew an additional $1.4 billion dollars. The Governor must cut 25% of the entire health and human services budget, effective January 1, 2012.   Read More...

— Fight an All-Cuts Budget! —

Advocacy for nurses and nursing

Each year there are hundreds of proposed regulations and legislative bills introduced in Olympia with potential to greatly impact nurses, nursing, patient advocacy and your ability to deliver exceptional care. As an individual nurse, it’s nearly impossible to monitor and track all of the issues that affect your practice and livelihood.

As the largest association of registered nurses in the state, WSNA is there to ensure your interests are fully addressed. In fact, our legislative and regulatory staff of lobbyists, attorneys, labor, practice, and health and safety specialists are dedicated to exclusively representing the interests of registered nurses.

Washington State's Nurse Legislators

We are very proud to have so many nurses serving in the Legislature.

With the current and impending nurse shortages, it certainly is an advantage to have RN legislators who understand the strategies needed to address both the recruitment and retention of nurses in Washington State. They have not only raised awareness on nursing but have been champions in health care access and quality patient care.

Here are Washington's RN legislators. To find more information about them, please go to www.leg.wa.gov.

Senator Margarita Prentice, RN	Senator Rosemary McAuliffe, RN	Senator Cheryl Pflug, RN
Representative Eileen Cody, RN	Representative Judy Clibborn, RN	Representative Tami Green, RN