2023 biennial business

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Resolutions

The latest issues and actions WSNA members are considering to address critical challenges in the nursing profession.

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Introduction

Resolutions passed by the General Assembly help determine the priorities of the association, and thereby directly affect the work of WSNA’s Board of Directors and staff for the ensuing biennium.

Resolutions — a summary

Process for Resolutions and Bylaws

Updated Nov. 2024

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Resolutions passed in 2023

Advocating for Safe Nurse Staffing Standards

Rights of Internationally Educated Nurses

Hospital Consolidation Impact on Nurses and Access to Care

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Past resolutions

2021

Supporting Diversity Equity and Inclusion

2019

1 - Develop, Participate and Report on Safe Staffing Task Force

2 - Disaster Emergency Preparedness

3 - Gun Violence Prevention

4 - Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention

5 - Protection of Health Care Workers and Patients in Safety Handling

2017

1 - Supporting ANA's Principles For Health System Transformation

2 - Prescription Drug Prices

3 - Ending Billing Practices That Contribute To Medical Debt

4 - Reaffirming Opposition To 'Right to Work' Legislation

2015

Courtesy Resolution 1 - In Honor of Outgoing WSNA Board Members

Courtesy Resolution 2 - In Honor of WSNA Staff

1 - Support for Public Health Funding and Services

2 - Prevention of Workplace Violence

3 - Opposing "Right to Work" Laws

4 - Strengthening Nurse Staffing Laws to Save Lives and Prevent Errors

2013

Emergency Resolution 1 - Health Care Providers, Public Health, and Education About Gun Violence

1 - Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Food

2 - Child Health Initiative: Registered Nurse-to-Student Ratios

3 - Providing Leadership to Preventing Overmedication of Older Adults

2011

Emergency Resolution - Support for Nurses Collective Bargaining and Free Speech Rights

1 - Workplace Health and Safety Committee Engagement

2 - Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

3 - 12 Hour Shifts

2009

1 - Safety Precautions and Workclothing in Clinical Environments

2 - Achieving Support and Permanent Funding for Public Health

2007

1 - Universal Access and Health Care Reform

2 - Preventing Preventable Needlestick Injuries

3 - Implications of Fatigue

2005

1 - BMI Screening, Evaluation & Treatment

2 - Emergency Resolution: Tsunami Victims

2003

1 - Safe Staffing Levels

2 - Foreign-educated Nurses