February 14, 2025
February 10, 2025
February 14 2025. In this week's update - an overall recap of the week, updates on each of WSNA's five legislative priorities, and other bills we're watching.
The recommended codes use plain language instead of color codes to ensure that staff, patients, and visitors can easily understand the announcements.
February 12, 2025
“The hospital’s practice had effectively created a systemic wage disparity that intersected with national origin and race, as the affected nurses were all people of color.”
Black history is inseparable from the fight for health equity. From past pioneers to today’s changemakers, progress is built on knowledge and action. WSNA has gathered essential DEI resources—including our own and others—to help you learn, reflect, and advocate.
February 11, 2025
If you missed WSNA’s health equity webinar in November 2024, you can now view an online course by the same presenter.
Nurses with international experience get equal pay at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.
February 7, 2025. In this week's update - an overall recap of the week, updates on each of WSNA's five legislative priorities, and other bills we're watching.
"We stand with trans kids, their families, and the numerous voices urging Seattle Children’s Hospital to resume its position as an advocate and full care provider for trans patients."
February 7, 2025
Thanks to all of you who made your voices heard at 2025 WSNA Nurse Lobby Day on Feb. 4 in Olympia! Listen to WSNA members tell you why advocacy is so important (and fun).
January 31, 2025. In this week's update - an overall recap of the week, updates on each of WSNA's five legislative priorities, and other bills we're watching.
February 3, 2025
Learn about WSNA strategic priorities, how to advocate effectively to your legislators, and hear from a panel of WSNA members about their advocacy journeys.
January 30, 2025
If ICE agents enter your workplace, the following information is important for you to know.
January 27, 2025
In this week's update - an overall recap of the week, updates on each of WSNA's five legislative priorities, and other bills we're watching.
January 21, 2025
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
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.
For the 23rd year in a row, nurses rank No. 1 in Gallup Poll.
January 15, 2025
The documentary unpacks the critical role nurses play in the healthcare system and the communities they serve to achieve health equity.
This new law, effective Jan. 1, 2024, establishes a presumptive eligibility structure for nurses suffering from PTSD.
The Washington State Legislature kicked off Jan. 13 with a tough road ahead.
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
Each year more than 3,000 people get care they otherwise would not be able to access because of volunteer participation.
January 8, 2025
The public health clinics see around 80,000 people a year in King County.
December 13, 2024
The sudden closure was not just the end of a service line, it took away the soul of a community and robbed healthcare staff from their calling. This closure was set in motion by the consolidation of healthcare.
Health equity acknowledges that individuals have different needs and face diverse barriers to health.
December 9, 2024
