November 13, 2025
Nursing leaders Patsy Maloney and Jillian Pintye to be honored for their substantial impact on health and healthcare Oct. 31-Nov. 2
August 8, 2024
WSNA Executive Director David Keepnews has been elected as a vice-president of AFT.
July 25, 2024
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
June 12, 2024
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
June 5, 2024
The nonpartisan WSNA PAC endorses candidates for state office who prioritize nursing, patient safety, and healthcare.
May 30, 2024
Carl Christensen, Beulah (Bea) Mae Smith, Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf, and Marilyn Annette Walli
May 29, 2024
Mary Reed, our finance director for 30 years, stepped down in January.
May 28, 2024
Kristen Kussmann joined WSNA’s Labor Counsel Dec. 4, 2023.
WSNA would not be where it is today without the significant contributions of these award winners
Empowering the next generation of pro-union politicians
These are the four legislative priorities WSNA pursued in the 2024 legislative session and how each fared.
May 24, 2024
One of my goals as president is to re-establish a strong pro-nursing presence in our state capitol.
Much of King County’s public health system now risks being shuttered.
March 22, 2024
Your participation in the Nurses4All survey will provide real-time, actionable evidence to our policy makers on pressing issues.
March 13, 2024
Founders behind new chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses envision a powerful community of support
February 1, 2024
On Jan. 24, nurses from all over Washington state visited Olympia to make their voices heard at Lobby Day.
This week we celebrate and recognize this important group within the nursing profession!
November 16, 2023
Monica R. McLemore was given the 2023 Nurse Researcher Award by WSNA and issued the following invitation in her acceptance speech.
October 24, 2023
In 2023, the Washington State Nurses Foundation awarded 14 scholarships worth $45,000 to some incredible students who want to make a difference with their nursing degrees.
Our advocacy efforts for our patients and communities should not end when we clock out.
October 20, 2023
Justin Gill is not only the first person of color and first male president in WSNA’s 115-year history, but at 33 he is also one of the youngest.
With more than 100,000 nurses in WA state, if just 10% gave $5 a month, WSNA PAC would be able to raise $600,000 a year.
Nurses who have been out of work or working reduced hours because of PTSD may now get the help they need.
The new law makes Oregon the second state in the nation to adopt mandatory nurse staffing ratios and the first state to put ratios into statute.
