November 13, 2025
Providence is closing inpatient psychiatric unit for adolescents Sept. 7. Providence’s closure of the unit leaves Eastern Washington with little care and didn’t need to happen, nurses and techs/service and maintenance workers say.
August 28, 2024
Rustan is a second-year doctoral candidate in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program at the University of Washington and president of the Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization
August 19, 2024
The WSNA Board of Directors today issued the following statement endorsing Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
August 15, 2024
The WSNA Board of Directors has voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States. Find answers to your questions about this important decision.
WSNA has endorsed Vice-president Kamala Harris for President. This decision was based on the records and positions of both major candidates. This election holds important implications for all nurses, and particularly for nurses represented by WSNA for collective bargaining.
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
Nurses want hospital to invest in employee nurses, not expensive travel nurses
August 7, 2024
WSNA Executive Director David Keepnews has been elected as a vice-president of AFT.
July 25, 2024
WSNA takes a stand against political violence in any circumstance.
July 14, 2024
After 5 months of contract negotiations, the nurses at Skagit Valley Hospital spoke at the Board of Commissioners meeting and delivered a letter demanding fair and equitable pay.
July 11, 2024
They will be collecting signatures for hospital to recognize Juneteenth and to preserve nurse-centered Racial Justice Task Force
June 17, 2024
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
June 12, 2024
WSNA adds our voice to the many civil organizations and labor unions in the U.S. and worldwide calling for an immediate ceasefire, access to humanitarian aid, release of all hostages, and a negotiated peace.
June 5, 2024
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
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
Wages, illness banks, increased premiums among significant gains
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
Transition to digital communications format, nurse legislators decline in numbers, new health equity CNE requirement, apply for a Washington multistate license, become a preceptor for student nurses.
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.
