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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 • 2 minutes to read
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
Carl Christensen, Beulah (Bea) Mae Smith, Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf, and Marilyn Annette Walli
May 29, 2024 • 10 minutes to read
Wages, illness banks, increased premiums among significant gains
May 29, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Mary Reed, our finance director for 30 years, stepped down in January.
May 28, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Kristen Kussmann joined WSNA’s Labor Counsel Dec. 4, 2023.
The Washington Nurse wants to provide readers a closer look at local units across the state and the communities they serve. For this issue, we look at Washington Soldiers Home in Orting.
May 28, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
WSNA would not be where it is today without the significant contributions of these award winners
May 28, 2024 • 9 minutes to read
What Ted understands and believes is that each person on the team—the captain, coach, star player, and locker room attendant—all have important roles to play to ensure that the team functions at its best.
May 28, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
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.
May 28, 2024 • 6 minutes to read
Nurses play a crucial role in preventing medication errors as a final check to determine whether a medication is correctly prescribed and dispensed before administration.
May 24, 2024 • 5 minutes to read
As we continue to navigate the post-pandemic world, let us not lose sight of what nursing stands for: care, safety, and empathy.
Surrounded by past inductees, family, friends, and colleagues, 2024 inductees Katherine Camacho Carr, Butch de Castro, Jennifer Graves, Judi Lyons, Dawn Morrell, and Lynnette Vehrs were honored at a gala dinner held March 21.
May 23, 2024 • 1 minute to read
In honor of Nurses Week, we take a look at Florence Nightingale — her trailblazing work, her theory, and her complicated legacy.
May 23, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
One issue – Management’s refusal to negotiate fair wages for home health and hospice nurses
May 9, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
Happy Nurses Week from WSNA
May 6, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Union leaders from 32 local units converged to celebrate victories, hear from labor leaders, and learn how to strengthen nursing's voice.
April 30, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Nurses get support from local officials, labor leaders, the community
April 22, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
The 1,465 nurses are represented by the Washington State Nurses Association
April 15, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Severe understaffing does not allow nurses to meet community’s needs
March 27, 2024 • 5 minutes to read
Much of King County’s public health system now risks being shuttered.
March 22, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Your participation in the Nurses4All survey will provide real-time, actionable evidence to our policy makers on pressing issues.
March 13, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
How much did you absorb while reading this issue? Find out by taking this quiz. Answer these questions based on what you've read. Try not to peek at the answers, but remember — it's just for fun!
February 7, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Washington state active status registered nurses and licensed practical nurses whose primary state of residence is Washington can now apply to upgrade to a multistate license.
February 7, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
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