Resources and guidance for nursing practice, patient safety, and workplace conditions.
Find your contract, bargaining updates, representation rights, local unit information, and workplace support.
Continuing nursing education, professional development, and events to support your practice and professional growth.
Follow legislative updates, take action, and help make nurses’ voices heard in Olympia.
Manage your membership, explore your benefits, and connect with your regional nurses association.
See how WSNA is led, what we are working toward, and how to connect with us.
Suggested
Because Governor Inslee has issued this mandate, health care employers – public and private – have to abide by the mandate. However, all employers still have to bargain with WSNA over the effects of the mandate.
Aug. 10, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
As unions repreÂsenting nurses and health care workers in Washington state, WSNA, SEIU HealthÂcare 1199NW and UFCW21 support science-based public health direcÂtives on COVID-19 vacciÂnaÂtion requireÂments for frontÂline health care workers, with medical and religious exempÂtions.
Aug. 9, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
The WSNA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN as Executive Director. He will join the WSNA staff and begin orientation on September 15, 2021.
June 10, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
Thanks to Olympic Hot Tub for raising $45,050 in support of the Washington State Nurses Foundation's Nurses Emergency Assistance Grant Fund in April 2021.
May 28, 2021 • 1 minute to read
The WSNA Awards Committee and the Professional Nursing and Health Care Council are proud to recognize and applaud these outstanding WSNA members with the 2021 WSNA Recognition Awards. Join us in celebrating this year's winners.
May 19, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
Never before has the critical role of nurses been so clear. Never before have we been so proud of our profession. To the nurses who have carried us through, thank you and happy National Nurses Month.
May 6, 2021 • 1 minute to read
“I encourage all people in our state to join me in honoring the nurses of Washington, especially recogÂnizing the critical and live-saving role that regisÂtered nurses have filled around our state, country, and world through the current coronÂavirus pandemic.”
April 30, 2021 • 1 minute to read
Gloria Brigham, WSNA director of nursing practice, received a key to the city of Federal Way on April 6 from Mayor Jim Ferrell. Brigham, representing WSNA, was one of seven people who accepted the awards on behalf of healthcare workers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and grocery workers.
April 22, 2021 • 1 minute to read
In 2019, the WSNA Board of Directors approved seven strategic priorities to focus the work of the association on areas of greatest importance to registered nurses and the organization. Within those priorities, WSNA staff developed specific goals and action steps and reported back to the Board on a regular basis.
April 14, 2021 • 3 minutes to read
During this year’s Washington State Nurses Convention, we hope nurses across Washington state will feel connected to and supported by others who have also felt the heavy weight of the pandemic on their shoulders.
April 14, 2021 • 2 minutes to read
Nurses say PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center needs to do more to attract new nurses and retain the nurses it has after a brutal year on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. On April 10, hundreds of registered nurses and supporters rallied at the Vancouver Waterfront to call for safe nurse staffing at Southwest.
April 10, 2021 • 1 minute to read
These recent murders are only the most violent, visible manifestations of the increased racism against community members of Asian and Pacific Islander descent that has been a dreadful side effect of the coronavirus pandemic.
March 19, 2021 • 1 minute to read
WSNA joins the prominent individuals and groups who have expressed concern and support for Dr. Benjamin Danielson in his recent resignation from Seattle Children’s and the Odessa Brown Clinic over ongoing racist and discriminatory practices at Seattle Children’s.
Jan. 5, 2021 • 4 minutes to read
WSNA is seeking an execuÂtive director to take over leaderÂship of the organiÂzaÂtion after ExecuÂtive Director Sally Watkins retires in the fall. Watkins announced her upcoming retireÂment in November 2020, with the intenÂtion of supporting the transiÂtion of the new execuÂtive director and retiring by October 2021.
Jan. 4, 2021 • 1 minute to read
"I strongly encourage you to work closely with the health care workers and their unions in your facilities as you are developing your COVID vaccine distribution and prioritization plan," wrote Governor Jay Inslee in a letter to hospital administrators on Dec. 15.
Dec. 18, 2020 • 2 minutes to read
Representing more than 64,000 nurses and frontline health care workers, the Washington State Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW 21 applaud Governor Jay Inslee for listening to and addressing the concerns of our members.
Nov. 25, 2020 • 3 minutes to read
Nurses will continue to step up and take care of patients through this pandemic; state health officials and hospitals need to step up and make sure nurses have what they need to stay safe and healthy
Nov. 13, 2020 • 2 minutes to read
Sally Watkins to retire as WSNA’s executive director by the beginning of October 2021.
Nov. 11, 2020 • 1 minute to read
Unions representing 500k+ nurses, health professionals demand Trump’s OSHA stop unconscionable delay and issue workplace protections against COVID-19, influenza, Ebola, and more.
Oct. 29, 2020 • 8 minutes to read
The Washington State Nurses Foundation is thrilled to announce the scholarship winners for the 2020-2021 academic year. Twelve were selected to receive scholarships from the Foundation, receiving a total of $25,000 which was disbursed to their respective colleges in July.
Oct. 9, 2020 • 1 minute to read
WSNA offers many opportunities for members to get involved in considering issues, making decisions and representing the work of the association.
Oct. 5, 2020 • 6 minutes to read
The WSNA and Professional Nursing and Health Care Council awards recognize WSNA members who have made significant contributions in nursing practice, leadership, education and research.
Oct. 5, 2020 • 4 minutes to read
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census will end early on Sept. 30, which will result in an incomplete and inaccurate count of people. We cannot let that happen.
Sept. 16, 2020 • 1 minute to read
The leaders of WSNA and SEIU Healthcare 1199NW today called on state officials to address the serious shortcomings in oversight and transparency that we believe contributed to the severe outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and patients at St. Michael Hospital in Bremerton.
Sept. 2, 2020 • 2 minutes to read
Page 14 of 22
