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Bargaining team member Matthew McGuire: "This TA gives us a strong contract that I have no reservations recommending."
July 16, 2019 • 7 minutes to read
Nurse turnover at SJMC is, for lack of a better word, obscene, and incredibly costly.According to WSNA membership data, SJMC turned over 276 nurses in 2017, and 248 in 2018. This comes out to a turnover rate of 24.2% and 20.9% each year, respectively – rates much higher than national averages.
June 27, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
Why nurses demand and deserve better than what St. Joseph Medical Center-Tacoma has offered.
June 19, 2019 • 9 minutes to read
Presenteeism is when someone is physically at work, but not fully engaged or performing. As nurses, we have a lot going on both at work and outside of work, and these things (like our work environment and our own health and well-being) can affect our ability to be fully present at work.
June 13, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
You voted and the results are in. Here are the people who will serve in elected positions during WSNA's 2019-2021 biennium.
June 12, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
Nurse delegation, unlike general delegation, is a specific process within nursing under the Washington Administrative Codes. It is focused on assigning care tasks to be performed by long-term care workers within certain settings, under the management of a registered nurse, called a nurse delegator.
June 10, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
The Washington Center for Nursing, the state’s nursing workforce center, has released several new reports that give insight into the changing nursing workforce in the state.
June 6, 2019 • 9 minutes to read
Incident reporting is a powerful source of information. When used effectively, it provides a factual description of an adverse event or near miss that supports learning, safety and improved care quality. Most health care entities utilize an electronic incident reporting system to identify opportunities for improvement.
June 4, 2019 • 2 minutes to read
What is incrementalism? Merriam-Webster defines it as a policy or advocacy of a policy of political or social change by degrees: gradualism. Why do we as nurses need to be aware of incrementalism? Because it’s a double-edged sword and it can cut deep.
June 3, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
Minnesota nurses, 4 years after passing a comprehensive workplace violence law and 3 years after obtaining security guards in the ED, are on the picket lines at Children’s, United, Methodist, North Memorial, Healtheast, Fairview, and Abbott-Northwestern hospitals. They’re asking their employers for paid time off after incidents of…
May 31, 2019 • 4 minutes to read
As a general matter, the law does not afford employees the right to walk off the job because of unsafe conditions in the workplace. However, a situation may arise in which a nurse is confronted with an immediate choice between not performing an assignment or being subjected to a real risk of serious injury or death arising from a…
May 30, 2019 • 1 minute to read
Each employer has a duty to provide a workplace that is free of known dangers that may harm employees. Like all workers, you have the right to working conditions that are free of known health and safety hazards.
May 28, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
The memorial service for Beverly Smith is set for Saturday, August 10th at 10am at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. 4139 42nd Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116.
May 24, 2019 • 1 minute to read
Learn about the people who are running for elected office during WSNA's 2019-2021 biennium.
May 19, 2019 • 38 minutes to read
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has proclaimed May 6-12 Nurses Week in our state! The theme for this year’s National Nurses Week is 4 Million Reasons to Celebrate—a nod to nurses’ sheer numbers. Here in Washington state, we have more than 100,000 reasons to celebrate!
May 7, 2019 • 1 minute to read
MaryAnn Thimmes, 90, of Vancouver, Washington, died on May 3, 2019. MaryAnn was a dedicated nurse who demonstrated the importance of high personal and professional standards, her desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others, her commitment to volunteerism, and the caring role of the nurse in every area of life.
May 4, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
The latest report on the Rest Break settlement with St. Joseph Medical Center - Tacoma
April 30, 2019 • 4 minutes to read
The state Department of Labor and Industries on April 11 cited and fined St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma for safety violations related to a series of attacks on nurses at the hospital. L&I’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health launched an investigation at the request of WSNA after a patient in the psychiatric unit…
April 26, 2019 • 2 minutes to read
As nurses across the country unite and advocate for their profession, St. Joseph’s Tacoma nurses are doing the same for themselves and their patients as they fight the good fight for safe staffing – and against incredibly unsafe, management mandated “alternative staffing.”
April 26, 2019 • 4 minutes to read
Margarita López Prentice, former state legislator, longtime WSNA member and inductee in the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame, passed away quietly in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington on April 2, 2019. She was 88 years old.
April 16, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
Trade in your scrubs for your favorite Mariners gear during Nurses Appreciation Night, May 16.
April 16, 2019 • 1 minute to read
It’s a situation most nurses can relate to. You’re standing up for your patients, your license, your job – and you’re overruled by a physician. An administrator. A pharmacist. What do you do?
April 12, 2019 • 5 minutes to read
Join us Wednesday, May 15 for Nurses Appreciation Night!
April 10, 2019 • 1 minute to read
Ms. Smith was actively involved with WSNA for more than 55 years, and was a highly respected leader, speaker and mentor to generations of Washington nurses. She was 92.
April 9, 2019 • 3 minutes to read
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