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During this year’s Washington State Nurses Convention, we hope nurses across Washington state will feel connected to and supported by others who have also felt the heavy weight of the pandemic on their shoulders.
April 14, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
Nurses say PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center needs to do more to attract new nurses and retain the nurses it has after a brutal year on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. On April 10, hundreds of registered nurses and supporters rallied at the Vancouver Waterfront to call for safe nurse staffing at Southwest.
April 10, 2021 • 1 minute to read
It was a busy week of floor action in both the House and the Senate. Sunday, April 11 is the cutoff to pass (non-budget related) bills in the opposite chamber.
April 9, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
The national theme for Public Health Week 2021 is “Building Bridges to Better Health,” a recognition that making communities safe and healthy is public health’s top priority and that COVID-19 has made that even more important.
April 7, 2021 • 1 minute to read
Today marks the April 2 cutoff when bills must be voted out of fiscal committees in the opposite chamber.
April 2, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
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.
Today marks the March 26 cutoff when policy bills must be voted out of committee in the opposite chamber
March 26, 2021 • 4 minutes to read
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 • 3 minutes to read
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 • 1 minute to read
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 • 3 minutes to read
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 • 3 minutes to read
This week marked the second cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of fiscal committees by Feb. 22.
Feb. 26, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
This week marked the first cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of policy committees by Feb. 15.
Feb. 20, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
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.
Feb. 13, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
This week, WSNA hosted our first-ever virtual Lobby Day – thank you to everyone who attended!
Feb. 6, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
Policy hearings continued this week, and WSNA weighed in on numerous bills.
Jan. 30, 2021 • 4 minutes to read
This was a busy week of hearings on policy bills and WSNA was well represented with several members providing testimony on key bills.
Jan. 23, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
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.
Jan. 16, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
Nurse education funding, public health funding, school nurse funding, health system transparency, worker protections and workplace safety, and racial equity and justice.
Jan. 14, 2021 • 1 minute to read
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.
Jan. 9, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
"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.
Dec. 18, 2020 • 2 minutes to read
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.
Nov. 25, 2020 • 3 minutes to read
Nurses will continue to step up and take care of patients through this pandemic; state health officials and hospitals need to step up and make sure nurses have what they need to stay safe and healthy
Nov. 13, 2020 • 2 minutes to read
Unions representing 500k+ nurses, health professionals demand Trump’s OSHA stop unconscionable delay and issue workplace protections against COVID-19, influenza, Ebola, and more.
Oct. 29, 2020 • 8 minutes to read
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