WSNA’s priorities for the 2023 legislative session

The Washington State Legislature must intervene to ensure that our healthcare workers can do their job safely, so both workers and patients can thrive.
Winter 2023 cover

This story appears in the Winter 2023 print issue of The Washington Nurse.

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Workers in the healthcare sector are suffering. Three years of pandemic crisis management was preceded by years of short staffing, leaving frontline healthcare workers burned out. The Washington State Legislature must intervene to ensure that our healthcare workers can do their job safely, so both workers and patients can thrive.


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