COVID-19

Name: Washington State Nurses Association
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Hotline
Selected resources
Union statement on vaccination requirement for health care workers
WSNA position statement on COVID vaccination
News

Hotline

The DOH has established a call center to address questions from the public. If you have questions about what is happening in Washington state, how the virus is spread, and what to do if you have symptoms, please call the DOH at 1-800-525-0127 and press #.

Selected resources

Coronavirus Disease	ANA	COVID Resource Center
2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak	WA DOH	Coexisting with COVID-19
Information for Healthcare Professionals	CDC	Healthcare Workers: Information on COVID-19
Financial Resources	WA DFI	Employment Security Department - COVID-19 information
COVID / Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)	WA GOV	Find out how Paid Leave works
COVID Illness on the Job	WA L & I	Injured? What You Need to Know
WA Resident Financial Resources	WA DFI	Financial Resources for Washington Residents Impacted by COVID-19
Navigating a Mental Health Crisis	NAMI	Navigating a Mental Health Crisis

Union statement on vaccination requirement for health care workers

Aug. 9, 2021 - The Washington State Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW 21 issued a joint statement on COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health care workers.

News

What the end of Washington’s state of emergency means to you

With the Governor lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency on Oct. 31, many members are wondering what this means to them.

Hospital staffing crisis caused by working conditions, not lack of qualified nurses

A review of recent national and Washington State nurse staffing data and survey results indicates that there are enough nurses to safely staff hospitals, but that the quality of jobs is leading many qualified registered nurses to leave their Washington hospital jobs.

'We can't keep doing this'

WSNA nurses share firsthand accounts of understaffing from the front lines.

Taking on the nurse staffing crisis

The public is becoming increasingly aware of a problem nurses have known about for a long time: the nurse staffing crisis that is dangerously depleting our hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic has both highlighted and accentuated this crisis.

Standing together for real staffing solutions

WSNA and the other two primary health care unions in Washington state call for a sustainable, accountable commitment to safe staffing in every department of every hospital in the state.

Symptomatic health care workers must not be forced to work

Press release Statement

We call on employers to clarify their policies, and we call on the state to ensure workers cannot be forced to return while sick, or disciplined for refusing to work while symptomatic with COVID.

Washington state health care workers call on hospitals to mitigate the staffing crisis

Press release

Nurses and other frontline workers are calling on hospitals to use the tools and resources they have available to finally begin mitigating this crisis for workers and patients.

WSNA partners with DOH to support #VaccinateWA campaign

WSNA nurses from all over Washington state are participating in the VaccinateWA campaign. Listen to their stories in these powerful videos encouraging the public to get vaccinated.

ANA responds to SCOTUS ruling against affirmative action programs

Q&A with Tacoma General nurses Liana Delacorte and Matthew Dustin

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