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The Washington State Nurses Association is the leading voice and advocate for nurses in Washington state.

WSNA provides representation, education, and resources that allow nurses to reach their full professional potential and focus on caring for patients. WSNA is affiliated with AFT Healthcare and the American Nurses Association.

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Priority issues

Find resources and information on how the safe staffing law is being put into action to elevate nurse staffing standards and ensure patient safety across Washington state.

AFT's 'Code Red' campaign tackles the crisis of understaffing and compromised care in hospitals, aiming to secure safe patient limits and enhance healthcare quality.

Grow the voice of nurses in Olympia by helping elect candidates who truly support nurses. The stronger WSNA PAC is, the more leverage we have in who represents us in the state legislature.

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Safeguarding public health: nursing associations advocate for evidence-based leadership at HHS

Press release

We express deep concerns regarding nominations that have recently been announced by the incoming administration, and we share the need to take a clear stand at this moment to clarify our profession’s priorities.

January 16, 2025

Providence home health nurses concerned about takeover by private equity-backed Compassus

Nurses at Providence VNA hope Compassus will operate more ethically than Cerberus did with Steward Health, but they remain concerned about the future under a company with substantial private equity ownership.

January 16, 2025

Top ten highlights of the St. Joseph Medical Center contract

The contract had many important firsts and a huge win for justice.

January 16, 2025

Early bird rate extended for convention until Jan. 31

Our Convention rates this year are our lowest in more than a decade to make the Convention even more accessible to our members.

January 15, 2025

How Washington state nurses can get benefits under recent PTSD law

This new law, effective Jan. 1, 2024, establishes a presumptive eligibility structure for nurses suffering from PTSD.

January 15, 2025

WSNA in solidarity with historic strike by Oregon nurses

The strike came after more than a year of negotiations failed to produce an agreement over staffing levels, pay and benefits.

January 15, 2025

Nurses at 3 Seattle hospitals team up for negotiations

Nearly 200 people came together in solidarity to take on the issues facing nurses at UW Medicine Montlake, UW Medicine Northwest, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

January 15, 2025

WSNA in Olympia - 2025 Legislative Session

The 2025 legislative session in Olympia starts on Monday with one of our bills – HB 1162, addressing workplace violence (WPV) – scheduled for a public hearing on Wednesday, January 15.

January 10, 2025

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