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If you missed WSNA’s health equity webinar in November 2024, you can now view an online course by the same presenter.
Feb. 11, 2025 • 1 minute to read
Nurses with international experience get equal pay at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.
Feb. 11, 2025 • 7 minutes to read
"We stand with trans kids, their families, and the numerous voices urging Seattle Children’s Hospital to resume its position as an advocate and full care provider for trans patients."
Feb. 7, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
We express deep concerns regarding nominations that have recently been announced by the incoming administration, and we share the need to take a clear stand at this moment to clarify our profession’s priorities.
Jan. 16, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
Nurses at Providence VNA hope Compassus will operate more ethically than Cerberus did with Steward Health, but they remain concerned about the future under a company with substantial private equity ownership.
Jan. 16, 2025 • 5 minutes to read
For the 23rd year in a row, nurses rank No. 1 in Gallup Poll.
Jan. 15, 2025 • 1 minute to read
The documentary unpacks the critical role nurses play in the healthcare system and the communities they serve to achieve health equity.
Each year more than 3,000 people get care they otherwise would not be able to access because of volunteer participation.
Jan. 8, 2025 • 1 minute to read
The public health clinics see around 80,000 people a year in King County.
Dec. 13, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
The sudden closure was not just the end of a service line, it took away the soul of a community and robbed healthcare staff from their calling. This closure was set in motion by the consolidation of healthcare.
Dec. 13, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
Health equity acknowledges that individuals have different needs and face diverse barriers to health.
Dec. 9, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
King County Council is expected to vote on measure to protect public health clinics
Nov. 15, 2024 • 1 minute to read
The closure deprives the community of another birth center and leaves dozens of labor and delivery nurses without a job they loved.
Nov. 14, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Community invited to share frustration at Nov. 14 event (6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Nov. 8, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Providence wants the community to believe that closure of their adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit will not negatively impact the community and patients they once served. This is simply not true.
Sept. 5, 2024 • 1 minute to read
The WSNA Board of Directors today issued the following statement endorsing Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
Aug. 15, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
WSNA takes a stand against political violence in any circumstance.
July 14, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
June 12, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Much of King County’s public health system now risks being shuttered.
March 22, 2024 • 1 minute to read
The ongoing war in Gaza—its terrible toll of tens of thousands of civilian Palestinian deaths and its widespread destruction—has created a humanitarian tragedy that must end.
Jan. 30, 2024 • 5 minutes to read
This week we celebrate and recognize this important group within the nursing profession!
Nov. 16, 2023 • 1 minute to read
Monica R. McLemore was given the 2023 Nurse Researcher Award by WSNA and issued the following invitation in her acceptance speech.
Oct. 24, 2023 • 2 minutes to read
WSNA files an unfair labor practice over threats to withhold health insurance
Oct. 23, 2023 • 2 minutes to read
With thousands of acres burned, at least 185 structures lost, and residents of Medical Lake and Elk under evacuation orders, these fires are devastating.
Aug. 22, 2023 • 1 minute to read
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