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WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 12

Today marks the April 2 cutoff when bills must be voted out of fiscal committees in the opposite chamber.

April 2, 2021

Update on public health restructure legislation

Both the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives released their budget proposals in late March – and both provided significant new funding for Foundational Public Health Services.WSNA and the Washington State Medical Association issued a joint statement to budget leadership on March 28.

April 2, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 11

Today marks the March 26 cutoff when policy bills must be voted out of committee in the opposite chamber

March 26, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 10

This was the tenth week of the 2021 legislative session. Committee hearings continued this week ahead of the March 26 cutoff when policy bills must be voted out of committee in the opposite chamber.

March 19, 2021

WSNA condemns Atlanta shooting and racism against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

These recent murders are only the most violent, visible manifestations of the increased racism against community members of Asian and Pacific Islander descent that has been a dreadful side effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 19, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 9

This was the ninth week of the 2021 legislative session. Tuesday was the deadline for policy bills to be voted out of the chamber in which they originated.

March 12, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 8

This was the eighth week of the 2021 legislative session, and the House and Senate have until Tuesday, March 9 to pass policy bills off the floor.

March 5, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 7

This week marked the second cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of fiscal committees by Feb. 22.

February 26, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 6

This week marked the first cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of policy committees by Feb. 15.

February 20, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 5

This was the last week for bills to be heard in House of Origin policy committees; Monday, Feb. 15 is cutoff for bills to be voted out of policy committees.

February 13, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 4

This week, WSNA hosted our first-ever virtual Lobby Day – thank you to everyone who attended!

February 6, 2021

Governor’s office recruiting for vacancies on Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission

The Governor’s office is recruiting for several vacancies on the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.

February 5, 2021

UPDATE: How you can help administer COVID-19 vaccinations

To help deliver vaccines across the state, nurses must register as an Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioner in the Washington State Emergency Registry of Volunteers (WAserv) at WAserv.org.

February 1, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 3

Policy hearings continued this week, and WSNA weighed in on numerous bills.

January 30, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 2

This was a busy week of hearings on policy bills and WSNA was well represented with several members providing testimony on key bills.

January 23, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 1

The 2021 Regular Session of the Washington State Legislature convened on Jan. 11. Lawmakers were in Olympia on Monday to pass rules that will allow them to conduct their business remotely for the remainder of session.

January 16, 2021

Pearls for Practice - All-person safety: Patient lift, movement and transfer

The single-greatest risk factor for overexertion injuries is the manual lifting, moving and repositioning of patients, clients and residents. Washington state law requires acute care hospitals to have a safe patient handling program.

January 15, 2021

Climate change and nurses

I looked out my window and saw the burnt orange sun rise over the Cascades, but the mountain range was hidden by the smoke. Is this our new normal?

January 15, 2021

COVID-19: Voices from the front lines

In October, as a winter surge of COVID-19 cases loomed ahead, we spoke to five nurses about their experi­ences on the front lines over the past year. Here are their stories.

January 14, 2021

2021 legislative session preview

Nurse education funding, public health funding, school nurse funding, health system transparency, worker protections and workplace safety, and racial equity and justice.

January 14, 2021

Washington hospitals must do better to keep nurses on the job

Washington hospitals must do better by nurses and health care workers to keep them safe and keep them on the job, where we all so desperately need them.

January 9, 2021

Letter from Governor Inslee to hospital administrators: Listen to workers for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

"I strongly encourage you to work closely with the health care workers and their unions in your facilities as you are developing your COVID vaccine distribution and prioritization plan," wrote Governor Jay Inslee in a letter to hospital administrators on Dec. 15.

December 18, 2020

WSNA statement on COVID vaccine

We believe that healthcare workers should be prioritized to receive the vaccination and strongly recommend that registered nurses be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a key component of a comprehensive prevention effort.

December 7, 2020

Unions praise Governor Inslee for addressing concerns of frontline workers in new proclamation

Press release

Representing more than 64,000 nurses and frontline health care workers, the Washington State Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW 21 applaud Governor Jay Inslee for listening to and addressing the concerns of our members.

November 25, 2020