March 13, 2026
Learn about the people who are running for elected office during WSNA's 2019-2021 biennium.
May 19, 2019
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
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
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.”
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
Trade in your scrubs for your favorite Mariners gear during Nurses Appreciation Night, May 16.
Join us Wednesday, May 15 for Nurses Appreciation Night!
April 10, 2019
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
After seven months and 12 bargaining sessions, WSNA and St. Joe’s still haven’t reached a contract agreement that ensures safe staffing, safe nurses and safe patients. The registered nurses at St. Joe’s are taking their concerns about nurse staffing and safe patient care to the community they serve.
March 19, 2019
WSNA-represented registered nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma have been in contract negotiations for seven months. WSNA and St. Joe’s have held 12 negotiating sessions to date, the last two with a federal mediator. The 13thsession is scheduled for March 22.
Active in professional nursing activities and associations throughout her career, Betty served on the Washington State Board of Nursing, the Board of Directors of the Washington State Nurses Association, and the Inland Empire Nurses Association. In 1996, Betty was inducted into the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame.
March 14, 2019
Congratulations for the recent union representation election win!
March 8, 2019
Nurses say it is time for Providence Sacred Heart to put nurse and patient safety before corporate profits. That’s why hundreds of registered nurses, patients and supporters are rallying together in the cold and calling on Providence to listen to Sacred Heart nurses.
February 25, 2019
After a successful 2-night run of staged readings this past September, HEARTS: Health Enriched by the Arts is returning with a fully staged musical production by Pamela Gerke.
January 30, 2019
Do you know a nurse who deserves to be celebrated for her or his exceptional contributions to the profession of nursing? Nominate them for a 2019 Recognition Award!
October 26, 2018
WSNA offers myriad opportunities for members to get involved in considering issues, making decisions and representing the work of the association.
October 22, 2018
Nearly 45 million people in the U.S. (4.2 percent of the population) suffer from mental illness and at least 10 million of these people suffer from serious mental illness.
September 12, 2018
Her efforts in health care quality and advancing nursing’s influence on health care policy has not only earned her the recognition of being named Most Influential, but as the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare” in 2015 as well.
August 24, 2018
Musical performances on Florence Nightingale's life will be coming to West Seattle this September on Sunday, 23rd and 30th.
July 31, 2018
After years of battling in the courts over MultiCare’s unsafe use of “break buddies” to cover for nurse rest breaks, the Washington State Nurses Association, together with our members at Tacoma General Hospital, won a big victory on July 23.
July 27, 2018
This year, we are proud to support two WSNA members running for office in the 34th legislative district, which covers West Seattle, Vashon Island and Burien.
WSNA’s ongoing challenge to secure rest breaks for the nurses at Tacoma General came before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of WSNA v. MultiCare.
July 12, 2018
We strongly condemn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn 40 years’ worth of precedent in the Janus v. AFSCME case by making fair share fees for public sector employees unconstitutional.
June 27, 2018
