It’s about nurses’ voices
As nurses around the country watch to see if Washington’s legislature will pass urgently needed breaks and overtime protections, we are reminded of the power nurses have owning our profession.
Senator states that nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” in amending rest breaks bill
In perhaps one of the most demeaning statements on the nursing profession since Joy Behar’s 2015 “doctor’s stethoscope” comments on The View, Washington State Senator Maureen Walsh proclaimed on the Senate floor that Critical Access Hospital nurses should be exempt from protections in mandatory overtime because they sit around and play cards most of the day.
Margarita López Prentice, RN 1931 - 2019
Margarita López Prentice, former state legislator, longtime WSNA member and inductee in the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame, passed away quietly in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington on April 2, 2019. She was 88 years old.
Join the Mariners on Nurse Appreciation Night
Trade in your scrubs for your favorite Mariners gear during Nurses Appreciation Night, May 16.
Protect your practice: curious nurse discipline case is a win for nursing profession
It’s a situation most nurses can relate to. You’re standing up for your patients, your license, your job – and you’re overruled by a physician. An administrator. A pharmacist. What do you do?
Nurses Appreciation Night with the Seattle Storm
Join us Wednesday, May 15 for Nurses Appreciation Night!
Beverly Smith, WSNA's Executive Director for 16 years and member of the Hall of Fame, has died
Ms. Smith was actively involved with WSNA for more than 55 years, and was a highly respected leader, speaker and mentor to generations of Washington nurses. She was 92.
Legislative session week 12
On Tuesday, the Senate released its budget.
Join April 9 livestream of Nursing Now USA launch
As part of the Nursing Now three-year global campaign to improve health by raising the profile and status of nursing worldwide, Nursing Now USA will be launched on April 9, 2019 at the National Press Club with live streaming of the event.
Legislative session week 11
The week started off with a flurry of activity as the House of Representatives released its biennial budget on Monday.
Legislative session week 10
Our bills continue to move through the legislative process – and this week one of those bills was highlighted on TVW’s Legislative Review.
Washington nurses fight for faculty
It would seem self-evident that nursing professors are important, especially in the day and age of looming nursing shortages. Yet, in our state, nearly every community and technical college with a nursing program has faculty vacancies.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nurses and Patients from St. Joe’s Tacoma picket Thursday
After seven months and 12 bargaining sessions, WSNA and St. Joe’s still haven’t reached a contract agreement that ensures safe staffing, safe nurses and safe patients. The registered nurses at St. Joe’s are taking their concerns about nurse staffing and safe patient care to the community they serve.
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MEDIA BACKGROUND: St. Joseph Medical Center bargaining
WSNA-represented registered nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma have been in contract negotiations for seven months. WSNA and St. Joe’s have held 12 negotiating sessions to date, the last two with a federal mediator. The 13thsession is scheduled for March 22.
Legislative session week 9
We are officially halfway through the 2019 legislative session!
In memoriam: Betty Jule Harrington
Active in professional nursing activities and associations throughout her career, Betty served on the Washington State Board of Nursing, the Board of Directors of the Washington State Nurses Association, and the Inland Empire Nurses Association. In 1996, Betty was inducted into the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame.
Committee begins work on new Future of Nursing
Building on the work of the landmark report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, an ad hoc committee will extend the vision for the nursing profession into 2030. Attend March 20, 2019 Public Session for the Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 in person or online.
The lunacy of the rest breaks bill
It is irrefutable that when nurses do not get their breaks, patient care suffers. If you think nurses receiving the rest breaks they are entitled to is important to patient care, please: take action and send a note to your senator.
WSNA statement on Nurse Licensure Compact
WSNA recognizes the need to provide nursing care across state lines; however, we have a number of concerns about the Nurse Licensure Compact as currently written.
Legislative session week 7
On Thursday, nurses from around the state converged in Olympia for WSNA Lobby Day.
Hundreds in Spokane demonstrating for nurse and patient safety at Providence Sacred Heart
Nurses say it is time for Providence Sacred Heart to put nurse and patient safety before corporate profits. That’s why hundreds of registered nurses, patients and supporters are rallying together in the cold and calling on Providence to listen to Sacred Heart nurses.
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Hundreds in Spokane Demonstrating For Nurse and Patient Safety at Providence Sacred Heart
Nurses say it is time for Providence Sacred Heart to put nurse and patient safety before corporate profits. That’s why hundreds of registered nurses, patients and supporters are rallying together in the cold and calling on Providence to listen to Sacred Heart nurses.
Legislative session week 6
Today is the first cutoff of the legislative session – meaning all policy bills must be voted out of the policy committee in their house of origin to keep moving through the process.
Volunteer for Bloodworks NW
Bloodworks NW is a non-profit, regional blood-donation and research organization that utilizes trained nurses to help with post-donation reactions at high schools and colleges.
