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Carina Price
ICU
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Jessica Lenczycki
FBC
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Shannon Suchland
Walters Day Surgery
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Matthew McGuire
ED
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Kathleen (Kat) Jabasa
Main OR
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Yunna Flenord
ICU
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Teresa Kindell
2 Sount
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Kaitlin (Kate) Frazier
7th Floor Break RN
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Jared Richardson, MN, RN
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Posted Mar 25, 2025
Baylor Shifts Are Now Posted
The Baylor Innovative Weekend Shifts—which we fought hard to win at the bargaining table—are now officially posted. These positions are designed to improve weekend staffing and work-life balance. Available Baylor shifts include:
- 1 – Recovery Services
- 1 – 5th Floor Cardiac ICU
- 1 – PCU
- 2 – NICU
- 2 – Surgery Services
- 1 – CN, Surgery Services
Check the internal job posting site to apply. If you're selected for one of these roles, let us know—your feedback is essential. We’ll be reviewing the effectiveness of these positions through the Hospital Staffing Committee, and your voice helps us evaluate what’s working and what needs fixing.
Hospital Staffing Committee Update
The next Hospital Staffing Committee (HSC) meets on April 7, 2025, at 0900 in MOB Conference Room A. This meeting includes the semi-annual review of staffing plans for the following departments:
- Cardiac Rehab
- Invasive Cardiac Services
- Pre-Admit Clinic
- Main OR
- Walter’s OR
- GI Services
- Interventional Pain Care
- Gig Harbor Same Day Surgery
- IV Therapy
We need nurses in the room to hold management accountable. If you work in or float to these departments, show up and speak up.
In particular, IV Therapy has a staffing plan that includes night shift coverage, but management eliminated that coverage and rebid the positions. If night shift IV Therapy coverage matters to you or your patients, this is your chance to demand accountability.
Sign-On Bonus Overpayment Update
We’re still waiting on crucial information from the employer regarding the sign-on bonus overpayments. In the meantime, we’ve secured an extension: no repayment is due before April 15, 2025.
You deserve clarity—and we’ll make sure you get it before that deadline. Stay tuned.
Questions? Contact Jared at JRichardson@WSNA.org or reach out to one of your union officers.
Previous updates
Local Unit Officer Election Results – Your Union Leadership for 2025-2027!
Mar 05, 2025
Hybrid Training- Spokane Investigation Workshop
Mar 03, 2025
Important news for you!
Feb 24, 2025
News you can use
Feb 07, 2025
Sign-On bonus overpayment
Jan 14, 2025
It’s Time to Elect Union Officers for the 2025-2027 Term!
Jan 06, 2025
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By completing the form, you will help make the problem known to management, creating an opportunity for the problem to be addressed. Additionally, you will be documenting the facts, which may be helpful to you later if there is a negative outcome.
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If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins:
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, I respectfully request that my union representative be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion.
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