Hospital Staffing Committee

We are looking for motivated members who want to speak up on behalf of their fellow nurses. You will be helping establish staffing matrices for the units and advocate for better staffing and the needs of the staff and patients. 

We are also looking for a new co-chair for our HSC. Our current co-chair is stepping down, and we need someone with a strong voice to stand strong and be the voice of the nurses working at Gray’s Harbor.

Your Voice Matters,
Document It With an ADO

Gray’s Harbor nurses know what is happening at the bedside. When staffing is inadequate, assignments feel unsafe or unmanageable, or necessary resources are unavailable, documenting those conditions matters.

An Assignment Despite Objection (ADO) creates a record of what nurses are experiencing during their shifts. One ADO documents one experience. Multiple ADOs can demonstrate a pattern, and patterns give WSNA evidence we can use to advocate for change.

“Management already knows we’re short.”
They may know the staffing numbers, but an ADO documents what those numbers mean for nurses and patients at the bedside.

“I completed a Safety Event/PSN report.”
You can still file an ADO. The reports serve different purposes. When appropriate, file both.

Filing an ADO is not “complaining.” It is documenting your professional judgment about the conditions under which you were asked to provide nursing care.

The bottom line:

You don't have to be the spokesperson for your unit or personally solve the staffing problem. Tell us what happened. Let WSNA identify the patterns and advocate from the evidence nurses provide.

If we don't document it, it becomes much harder to prove it.

Unsafe assignment? Unmanageable workload? Insufficient resources? File an ADO.

Your experience matters. Your professional judgment matters. Your documentation gives WSNA something we can act on,

YOU ARE WSNA

Attention All WSNA RNs: Upcoming Union Steward Trainings

September 16 - 7-8:30 pm - Basic Steward Training

Come learn what it means to be a Steward and a Union Leader!

Steward training covers the basics of contract enforcement and workplace organizing. Topics include:

• The role of a Union Steward
• Our rights at work
• Investigatory Meetings
• Internal issue organizing for your unit
• Actions for our next contract negotiations

Teams link: https://wsna.to/BasicSteward

Please RSVP. The RSVP link is https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MXZLyGCC9Z

Questions? Contact your WSNA Officers or nurse representative, Stephenie Troftgruben, stroftgruben@wsna.org.