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Summer 2016

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In this issue

Up Front

  • Upcoming Events Page 2
  • You Were Represented Page 2
  • In Focus Page 3
  • Continuing Education Calendar Page 4
  • News Briefs Page 6

Legislative Affairs

  • We’re Only as Strong as We Are Active Page 9
  • WSNA Members Vote on WSLC Endorsements Page 10
  • The WSNA-PAC Endorsement Process Page 11
  • ANA and AFT Endorse Hillary Clinton Page 11
  • WSNA-PAC Endorsements Page 11
  • 2016 Legislative Session Summary Page 14
  • Nurse Staffing — A Step Forward Page 15
  • WSNA to L&I: Intermittent Breaks Are Not Appropriate for Nursing Page 16

Hall of Fame

  • Photos: Hall of Fame Gala Page 18
  • 2016 Inductees Page 20

National Nurses Week

  • Photos: How You Celebrated Page 26

Nursing Practice

  • The Nursing Licensure Compact and APRN Compact: A Bad Option for Washington Page 29
  • Why WSNA Is Opposed to the Proposed NCSBN Enhanced Nurse License Compacts Page 31
  • A Culture of Safety — A Culture of Health Page 32
  • WCN Diversity Mentoring Program Page 34
  • Nursing Students of Washington State Convention Page 35

Labor Relations

  • First Person: My Path to Advocacy and Political Engagement Page 37
  • Turning Up the Heat at MultiCare Tacoma General Page 38
  • Sacred Heart Nurses Demonstrate Solidarity Page 40
  • The Road to a Contract Victory at St. Joe’s Tacoma Page 40
  • PeaceHealth Southwest Tech Professionals Unionize Page 42
  • WSNA Nurses Help Save Snohomish First Steps and WIC Page 42
  • Leadership Conference Page 43

Member News

  • Awards and Recognitions Page 46
  • Retirement Is a Gradual Process Page 48
  • District News Page 49
  • In Memoriam Page 50
  • New Members List Page 51
  • Membership Update Page 53
  • 2017 Washington State Nurses Convention Page 54
  • WSNF Scholarship Winners Page 58

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