Published by BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW on 10/19/21 (Source)
As many nurses and front-line workers go on strike during the staffing crisis, the Washington State Nurses Association laid out several actions Oct. 19 it recommends hospitals take to improve working conditions.
According to a union press release, these actions include:
"We've heard near-unanimous agreement around the problem," said Julia Barcott, RN, a critical care nurse in Toppenish and union leader. "That's great. But only one voice in this conversation has the ability to immediately begin fixing this problem, and that's the hospitals. It's past time we saw meaningful action and policy changes from them, for the sake of our frontline workers and for patients and families across the state."
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