When these events occur, people with medical skills want to DO something. As part of WSNA’s commitment to Emergency Management, links have been added on the WSNA website at under www.wsna.org/nursing-practice/emergency-preparedness. This is how you can volunteer to be part of the Washington State Rapid Response teams through the WaServe registry.
New study findings about Advanced Practice Nurses (NPs, CNMs, CRNAs) highlight the “good news” and “bad news” about our workforce in Washington state. The study of ARNPs was conducted by Dr. Louise Kaplan and Dr. Marie Annette Brown, with support from the Washington State Nurses Association and Washington Center for Nursing.
ANA has declared 2016 the Culture of Safety year. Here you'll find background information, monthly topics, resources for nurses and more.
A message from the WSNA president on getting involved in the upcoming 2016 elections.
We're facing a new public health crisis in communities across America. Opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 2000. As a nation, we aren't doing enough to prevent more deaths. We need to address this crisis head-on – and it begins by working directly with providers like you.
The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action encourages nurses to become part of the count toward 10,000 nurses on boards by 2020. Leap into Leadership week calls on nurse leaders to stand up and be counted!
Nursing is a tough gig. So,how do we avoid the pain of burnout or compassion fatigue? What we need is a dose of care and compassion.
Every presidential election, members of the American Nurses Association take part in the process to support the candidate who will champion the issues that matter most to the nursing community.
In most cases, professional standards of care and personal morals prevent inappropriate relationships from developing. But sometimes the nurse–patient relationship develops into a personal relationship that can lead to inappropriate behavior.
Washington State Labor & Industries is currently accepting applications for grants of up to $200,000 for projects to improve workplace safety.
CDC will host a chat about Zika virus on Twitter this Friday, Feb. 12, 2015.
WSNA has been working over the past year with the Health Care Authority, legislative leaders and state policy makers to link the effective implementation of nurse staffing committees with hospital safety net funding. Key to that effort is MaryAnne Lindeblad, head of Medicaid for the state and a nurse.
School nursing is a complex and challenging specialty practice area that is sometimes poorly understood.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is implementing a new Zika virus data sharing and reporting protocol in order to facilitate the exchange of crucial, evidence-based information during this unfolding health emergency.
With the American Nurses Association designating 2016 as the “Culture of Safety” year, we at WSNA want to rerun our patient safety survey to find out whether things have changed since 2011.
ARNPs United of Washington State represents nurse practitioners, certified nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives.
The Institute of Medicine will convene a Feb. 16 workshop to identify research priorities to inform public health and medical practice for domestic Zika virus. The workshop will be webcast at www.nationalacademies.org.
CDC urges rapid antiviral treatment of very ill and high risk suspected cases.
More than 700 nurses and students gathered in Olympia for WSNA's annual Nurse Legislative Day.
Nursing’s role in solving the state’s mental health crisis will be the top issue at the Washington State Nurses Association’s Nurse Legislative Day on Monday, Feb. 1. With 700 attendees, WSNA hosts the largest lobby day in Olympia. In his keynote address, Governor Inslee is expected to discuss nursing’s role in helping solve the mental health crisis.
Here's the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Zika virus.
Government agencies will respond to community disasters, but citizens may be on their own for hours, or even days, after disaster strikes. You should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family.
Are you prepared for an emergency? Want to know how you can help a disaster?
At the 2016 WSNA Legislative Reception, nurse leaders met with Washington state legislators to tell their stories and talk about nursing's top issues and legislative priorities for this year's Legislative Session.
