Tacoma General’s newest employee works 22 hours a day and says little beyond ​‘meep-meep’

David Keepnews, executive director of the Washington State Nurses Association, said the group is not opposed to Moxi in principle.

“But we are concerned with MultiCare implementing new technologies without involving nurses,” he said. “Nurses need be at the table for decisions that involve them.”

The robots cannot replace nurses, he said.