Pay Checks

Please ensure everyone is checking their paychecks. I need all the nurses to ensure you are receiving the Sunday premium, preceptor premium, charge premium, and the wage increases we ratified. The easiest way to check is by printing out both pages of your paycheck. If you have any concerns around your pay, please reach out to payroll or me.

Local Unit Officer Elections are underway!

We are sending out WSNA Local Unit Officer Election Nomination forms so that you can nominate yourself or another RN who might want to be more involved as a WSNA Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Grievance Officer, or Membership Officer.  Nominations are to be completed online, and the deadline for submission is January 7, 2026.  Complete the form today and have a voice as we ramp up for our next negotiations!

Submit your nominations at https://forms.office.com/r/vTSUrT4N3k.

Hospital Staffing Committee

We are looking for nurses willing to commit to attending the hospital staffing committee. The nurses on this committee are advocates for their co-workers. You will be working collaboratively with management, but pushing to ensure that the needs of the units are being met. If you are interested in joining the HSC, please add your name to the nomination form.

WSNA Leadership Conference is fast approaching, and we want you to attend!

WSNA is hosting our bi-annual Leadership Conference in Wenatchee, Washington. This will be taking place April 26-28 and will have amazing guest speakers and breakout sessions to kick-start your opportunity to be a leader within WSNA and your Local Unit.  Our goal this year is to have 25 RNs from UWMC Northwest attend this conference and bolster the engagement and membership at UWMC ML for our upcoming 2027-2029 Contract Bargaining, which will be starting just a year from now.

Stay tuned for your chance to sign up and learn what WSNA is doing in your backyard and around the state.  WSNA Leadership at UWMC will be sponsoring scholarships for registration and conference expenses so that you can attend with little or nothing out of pocket.  We will be sending out more information in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned and secure your spot in this Leadership Conference so that you can make a difference!

Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame

Click on link to see the details:

https://www.wsna.org/hall-of-fame

Help us recognize extraordinary Washington nursing leaders. Nominations close January 2.

Submitting ADOs is essential for tracking short staffing

These forms are essential to the work the staffing committee performs. These forms encompass more than just short staffing.

Please make sure when filling these out that you include the total number of staff and patients and what the expected staffing should be.

It is crucial that you fill out and submit an ADO (Assignment Despite Objection)/ Staffing Complaint Form for review by the Hospital Staffing Committee.

You can find the link to the fillable form here: https://www.wsna.org/union/ado

These forms create a record of each short staffing event and allow WSNA to track trends, along with the ability to have discussions around the contributors to being short-staffed.  We discuss these in our monthly Hospital Staffing Committee.

**Important Reminder**   If you are required to take a break by handing off to another nurse, be sure to file an ADO that the employer is requiring you to take a break while leaving insufficient staff on the unit.

The law states that the employer is responsible for maintaining minimum staffing standards for the entirety of all shifts.

The Buddy System is a blatant violation of this directive!

WSNA Membership

If you are not a WSNA member, please consider completing a membership application today! Just click on the link!

https://wsnaonlineapplicationportalwsnaprod.powerappsportals.com/

For questions or concerns, please contact WSNA Nurse Representative Stephenie Troftgruben at stroftgruben@wsna.org or WSNA Nurse Organizer Sam Scholl at sscholl@wsna.org