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Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma picket Nov. 1 for better conditions
Staffing levels keep falling and workplace violence and security need drastic improvement
Nursing practice and WSNA
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Home health nurses in Spokane seek community support for safety measures
Providence VNA Home Health nurses collected more than a thousand signatures from the community
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WSNA files unfair labor practice charge against PeaceHealth Southwest after 14 bargaining sessions
One issue – Management’s refusal to negotiate fair wages for home health and hospice nurses
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Massive picket in Vancouver by PeaceHealth SW nurses
Nurses get support from local officials, labor leaders, the community
By Bobbi Nodell, Marketing and Communications Manager
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Nurses at PeaceHealth SW in Vancouver drop notice to picket April 18
Severe understaffing does not allow nurses to meet community’s needs
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WSNA statement on death threats at PeaceHealth Southwest
WSNA and ANA will continue to promote strategies to reduce and address violence against nurses.
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WSNA response to meeting with Seattle Children’s leadership
‘When nurses stand together, change can happen’
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Violence at Seattle Children’s Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit
44 nurses ask for immediate help, say they work in a constant state of fear
WSNA celebrates Nurse Practitioner Week
This week we celebrate and recognize this important group within the nursing profession!
By Justin Gill, DNP, APRN, RN, FNP-C, President, WSNA
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WSNA nurses reach tentative agreement with Virginia Mason
The TA comes after 19 bargaining sessions, an informational picket, and a complaint filed with Labor and Industries over workplace safety.
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ANA announces support for federal staffing ratios bill
Appropriate nurse staffing is achievable and necessary, but it requires a national response with solutions, standards, and policy.
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WSNA calls for investigation of workplace violence at Virginia Mason Medical Center
Attacks occurring more frequently than what WSNA has seen at other hospitals
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Virginia Mason nurses to picket outside hospital Oct. 10
Picket comes after 15 bargaining sessions
WSNA names members to state staffing advisory committee
The advisory committee on hospital staffing will start by advising DOH on its development of the uniform hospital staffing plan form.
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MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital nurses vote to strike over staffing and dedicated break nurses
MultiCare Good Samaritan nurses overwhelmingly voted by 95% to strike Wednesday night. The main issues for the 750 nurses represented by WSNA are staffing and dedicated break nurses.
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MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital nurses hold strike vote June 20 and 21
Good Sam nurses are seeking safe staffing measures in their contract that will ensure they are able to give their patients the care they need and deserve.
Q&A with Tacoma General nurses Liana Delacorte and Matthew Dustin
Matthew Dustin and Liana Delacorte talk to WSNA about their jobs, magical moments, and working with ratios.
By Bobbi Nodell, Marketing and Communications Manager
In the Frame: Toppenish
The Washington Nurse magazine showcases hospitals in the state and their communities. In this issue: Astria Toppenish Hospital.
By Bobbi Nodell, Marketing and Communications Manager
Carolyn Clark: Perspectives from a public health correctional nurse
"We are making a difference in people’s lives, and I, personally, try to make a difference in every patient I encounter."
By Bobbi Nodell, Marketing and Communications Manager
Honoring our fallen heroes
Stopping to honor the lives of Doug Brant, Jerald Lee Gordon, and all of our lost heroes should also be a reminder to recommit to advancing the honor and respect that all nurses deserve.
By David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN
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Senators hear from healthcare workers on hospital staffing crisis
More than 2,055 signed in to support safe staffing standards legislation.
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WA healthcare workers take fight for safe staffing standards back to Olympia
Since last session, the hospital staffing crisis has worsened; healthcare workers say safe staffing standards are the solution.
Statement
WSNA heartbroken and outraged at killing of home health nurse Doug Brant
“This cold-blooded killing is an incalculable loss for Doug Brant’s patients, his family, his colleagues, his community, and WSNA. It is also a horrific example of the growing problem of violence against nurses and other healthcare workers.”
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We are heartbroken
We were heartbroken to learn of the murder of a valued home-health nurse and WSNA member, Doug Brant, on Dec. 1.
