Overlake Nurses,

Quick summary of the most important information:

WSNA Happy Hour

When: 8/10 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Where: Lunchbox Bellevue 989 112th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98004

Do you want this regularly? Let us know.

Nurse Staffing Committee

When: 8/11 from 1 to 2:25 p.m.

Where: Contact Kiersten Rondorf for call in information Kiersten.Rondorf@overlakehospital.org

And now, the full information...

Happy Hour:

Please join us at Lunchbox Bellevue on 112th for Happy Hour 5PM to 9PM on 8/10. Join us to celebrate, commiserate and take action on L&I, DOH complaints and compose solutions to the staffing crisis with our Nurse Rep and Organizer, Sam and Zach. If this is something you all want to do regularly, we want to do it regularly.

ED Nurse’s Response:

The ED Nurses have sent their thoughts and ideas to Overlake to respond to their response. Please see their words below. The original correspondence is included for context. Of note, Overlake said it will address the staffing crisis in staffing committee. The next meeting is for 8/11. We encourage ED nurses and everyone to attend virtually; particularly those of you who filed ADOs to work on solutions and explain the situation. Please contact Kiersten Rondorf for call in information: Kiersten.Rondorf@overlakehospital.org.

Please contact WSNA Nurse Rep Sam Scholl for anything at sscholl@wsna.org.

Please let WSNA Organizer Zach Seikel know if you want to be more involved by emailing zseikel@wsna.org.

If you are not already, please consider becoming a member. It is always a bad time to ask and always the right time to join: https://www.wsna.org/membership/application/union.

In Solidarity,

Your WSNA Officers:

Emnet Bizuneh, Chris Birchem, Gemma Aranda, Cassie Bundick, Kathryn Geren, Janet Moore-Lane, Natalie Anderson