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After 10 bargaining sessions, nurses held informational picket Nov. 1.
Nov. 12, 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
Terry leaves behind a legacy of hope and achievement. She not only advanced the nursing profession, but she paved the way for African American nurses and worked with vulnerable populations.
Nov. 1, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
Staffing levels keep falling and workplace violence and security need drastic improvement
Oct. 31, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
WSNA remembers and honors Hilke Faber, an amazing nurse advocate who died on October 19.
Oct. 22, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Providence VNA Home Health nurses collected more than a thousand signatures from the community
Oct. 16, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
To everything there is a reason for avoiding hospital-acquired pressure injuries
Oct. 14, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Members debate Code of Ethics and vote down a presidential endorsement
Oct. 14, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
Dr. Patricia Benner’s five stages of clinical competence
Poole helped lead fight for full prescriptive authority for ARNPs.
Sept. 26, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
Eunice Cole, former WSNA and ANA president, passed away on Sept. 15, 2024, leaving a lasting legacy as a champion for nurses' rights, collective bargaining, and leadership in healthcare.
Sept. 17, 2024 • 4 minutes to read
Nursing leaders Patsy Maloney and Jillian Pintye to be honored for their substantial impact on health and healthcare Oct. 31-Nov. 2
Aug. 8, 2024 • 3 minutes to read
WSNA calls strike provision in the draft revisions to ANA's Code of Ethics very problematic and encourages members to submit comments.
Aug. 1, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
WSNA Executive Director David Keepnews has been elected as a vice-president of AFT.
July 25, 2024 • 1 minute 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
Carl Christensen, Beulah (Bea) Mae Smith, Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf, and Marilyn Annette Walli
May 29, 2024 • 10 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
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.
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