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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.
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Providence is closing inpatient psychiatric unit for adolescents Sept. 7. Providence’s closure of the unit leaves Eastern Washington with little care and didn’t need to happen, nurses and techs/service and maintenance workers say.
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Rustan is a second-year doctoral candidate in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program at the University of Washington and president of the Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Organization
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The WSNA Board of Directors today issued the following statement endorsing Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
Nursing leaders Patsy Maloney and Jillian Pintye to be honored for their substantial impact on health and healthcare Oct. 31-Nov. 2
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Nurses want hospital to invest in employee nurses, not expensive travel nurses
WSNA calls strike provision in the draft revisions to ANA's Code of Ethics very problematic and encourages members to submit comments.
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WSNA Executive Director David Keepnews has been elected as a vice-president of AFT.
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WSNA takes a stand against political violence in any circumstance.
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After 5 months of contract negotiations, the nurses at Skagit Valley Hospital spoke at the Board of Commissioners meeting and delivered a letter demanding fair and equitable pay.
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They will be collecting signatures for hospital to recognize Juneteenth and to preserve nurse-centered Racial Justice Task Force
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
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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.
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
Carl Christensen, Beulah (Bea) Mae Smith, Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf, and Marilyn Annette Walli
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Wages, illness banks, increased premiums among significant gains
Mary Reed, our finance director for 30 years, stepped down in January.
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.
By Bobbi Nodell, Marketing and Communications Manager
WSNA would not be where it is today without the significant contributions of these award winners
By Ruth Schubert, APR, Director of Marketing and Communications
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.
By Megan Kilpatrick, MSN, RN, Education Director
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.
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.
By Cheri Osler, Ed.D, MS-CNS, AHN-BC, LMHC, RN, CNE and Gloria Brigham, EdD, MN, RN, Director of Nursing Practice and Megan Kilpatrick, MSN, RN, Education Director
As we continue to navigate the post-pandemic world, let us not lose sight of what nursing stands for: care, safety, and empathy.
By Tristan Twohig, RN, CEN, At-large, Labor Executive Council
