The Washington Nurse issue archive

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  Fall 2024

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  On the website

  • ANA Membership Assembly reaffirms support for hospital staffing ratios
  • Call for proposed resolutions and bylaws amendments
  • Former WSNA President Donna Poole, a nurse leader, passes
  • Highlights from the Washington State Labor Council Constitutional Convention
  • In memoriam: Eunice Cole
  • Letter from Justin Gill, WSNA president
  • Meet the Labor Executive Council
  • Novice to expert: The value of nursing expertise
  • Op-ed: ‘Affiliating with AFT is one of the best decisions WSNA ever made’
  • Turn! Turn! Turn!
  • Washington Nurse news briefs - Fall 2024
  • We’ve had your back since 1908
  • Your vote, your voice: standing up for nursing and healthcare
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  Spring-Summer 2024

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  On the website

  • 2024 Nurse Lobby Day
  • 2024 Union Leadership Conference: Champions of Change
  • 2024 legislative session overview
  • Avoiding preventable harm
  • Environmental theory of Florence Nightingale
  • In memoriam
  • Join me in helping us build a powerful nursing voice in Olympia
  • Kristen Kussmann joins WSNA’s legal team
  • Mary Reed steps down after 30 years
  • Massive picket in Vancouver by PeaceHealth SW nurses
  • Nurses at Washington Soldiers Home provide a sanctuary for vets
  • Op-ed - Against the tide of normalization: the fight for safe nurse staffing
  • Path to Power: Candidates reshaping political landscape of Washington state
  • The Lasso Way: evidence-based practices for effective teams
  • The state of midwifery
  • WSNA honors nurses for leadership of bargaining units
  • Washington Nurse news briefs - Spring/Summer 2024
  • Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame
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  Winter 2024

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  On the website

  • 2024 Washington Nurse - Review Quiz
  • A look at Wenatchee’s Confluence Health Central
  • A year since home health nurse Doug Brant was killed
  • Healthcare workers are angry, engaged, and winning victories
  • Hispanic nurses have new statewide network
  • Interview with Brad Rathke at Virginia Mason
  • Meet the WSNA Political Action Committee Board of Trustees
  • Seattle Children’s nurses say workplace violence a symptom of a broken pediatric mental health system
  • We have a big tent that welcomes all nurses
  • What’s in your charter?
  • ‘We fought hard.’ Virginia Mason nurses win great contract
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  Fall 2023

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  On the website

  • 2023 WSNA Recognition Awards 
  • 2023 Washington State Nurses Convention inspires attendees
  • An invitation from Monica McLemore, PHD, MPH, RN
  • How nurses in Washington state got a bill to help with PTSD claims
  • Meet Justin Gill, WSNA president
  • New Oregon law establishes safe staffing ratios
  • Now is the time to grow WSNA PAC and nurses’ voices in Olympia
  • Nurses must amplify their voices
  • Op-ed by David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN: ‘Now is a time to be courageous’
  • Q&A with Alison Bradywood
  • The good fight at Good Sam
  • Update: Implementation of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
  • Washington State Labor Council Convention brings top names in labor
  • Washington State Nurses Foundation awards 14 scholarships
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  Spring-Summer 2023

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  On the website

  • 2021 to 2023 biennial report
  • A life saved – my grandson
  • A look at forensic nursing
  • Butch de Castro appointed next dean of Seattle University’s College of Nursing
  • Call for self-nominations for appointments
  • Capturing the magic of the Labor and Delivery Unit at Astria Toppenish
  • David Reyes appointed dean of the UW Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
  • Essentials for healthcare workplace violence prevention
  • In the Frame: Toppenish
  • Meet the 2023 candidates for WSNA offices
  • Perspective from a nurse at Astria Toppenish
  • Q&A with Tacoma General nurses Liana Delacorte and Matthew Dustin
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  Winter 2023

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  On the website

  • Behind the scenes at Seattle Children's bargaining
  • Carolyn Clark: Perspectives from a public health correctional nurse
  • Chain of command: What nurses need to know
  • Honoring our fallen heroes
  • How to prepare for an emergency
  • In memoriam: Douglas Brant
  • In memoriam: Jerald Lee Gordon
  • Letter from Lynnette Vehrs, WSNA president
  • Nursing perspective: Life as an OR nurse
  • WSNA’s best-kept secret: Continuing Nursing Education
  • WSNA’s priorities for the 2023 legislative session
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  Fall 2022

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  On the website

  • It takes a team
  • Letter from Lynnette Vehrs, WSNA president
  • Meet the Cabinet on Economic and General Welfare
  • My Membership Assembly adventure as a first-time attendee
  • New fellows inducted into American Academy of Nursing
  • Nurses by the numbers
  • Nurses feeling their power in several contract wins
  • Op-ed from Kara Yates, a nurse at Seattle Children’s
  • Perspective from one of our own
  • Q&A with Jacob Garcia
  • Racial Reckoning Statement issued by ANA
  • Registration for the 2023 Washington State Nurses Convention is now open!
  • Step up into a leadership role
  • Supporting the retention of diverse nursing faculty in Washington state
  • Tips for nurses to prepare for an active shooter
  • Too many cooks in the kitchen?
  • Understanding health literacy
  • VOTE! – 2022 election voter's guide
  • WSNA helps ANA move toward safe staffing standards
  • WSNA instrumental in key resolutions at labor conventions
  • WSNA makes impact at ANA Membership Assembly
  • Who are your nursing heroes?
  • Why did safe staffing fail in the legislature?
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  Spring-Summer 2022

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  On the website

  • 2022 Union Leadership Conference
  • 2022 Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame gala
  • A program for recovering nurses
  • Advance directives: A new look at future health care wishes
  • End-of-session report
  • Executive summary: Evidence on Hospital Staffing and Outcomes – Implications for Washington State
  • Hospice and palliative care: What’s the difference?
  • Letter from Lynnette Vehrs, WSNA President
  • Man on a mission: Meet WSNA member Josh Chatman
  • Nurses in the lead
  • Our fight for safe staffing
  • POLST in Washington: What’s new and snapshot review
  • School nursing may be right for you
  • Thinking about running for office?
  • WSNA-PAC endorses Duncan Camacho in the 18th
  • What is the WSNA-PAC?