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For the 23rd year in a row, nurses rank No. 1 in Gallup Poll.
January 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.
This new law, effective Jan. 1, 2024, establishes a presumptive eligibility structure for nurses suffering from PTSD.
January 15, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
Each year more than 3,000 people get care they otherwise would not be able to access because of volunteer participation.
January 8, 2025 • 1 minute to read
The public health clinics see around 80,000 people a year in King County.
December 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.
December 13, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
Health equity acknowledges that individuals have different needs and face diverse barriers to health.
December 9, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
King County Council is expected to vote on measure to protect public health clinics
November 15, 2024 • 1 minute to read
WSNA will continue to support efforts to promote the NP role in Washington state.
The closure deprives the community of another birth center and leaves dozens of labor and delivery nurses without a job they loved.
November 14, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Beginning July 1, employers are required to provide employees with a method to accurately record when an employee misses a meal or rest period.
November 14, 2024 • 1 minute to read
After 10 bargaining sessions, nurses held informational picket Nov. 1.
November 12, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Community invited to share frustration at Nov. 14 event (6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
November 8, 2024 • 1 minute to read
Staffing levels keep falling and workplace violence and security need drastic improvement
October 31, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
Providence VNA Home Health nurses collected more than a thousand signatures from the community
October 16, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
To everything there is a reason for avoiding hospital-acquired pressure injuries
October 14, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Members debate Code of Ethics and vote down a presidential endorsement
October 14, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
Dr. Patricia Benner’s five stages of clinical competence
WSNA calls strike provision in the draft revisions to ANA's Code of Ethics very problematic and encourages members to submit comments.
August 1, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
June 12, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
June 5, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
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
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
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
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