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WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 14

Today marks the 96th day of the 105-day 2021 legisla­tive session

April 16, 2021

Biennial Report of Achievements

In 2019, the WSNA Board of Directors approved seven strategic priorities to focus the work of the association on areas of greatest importance to registered nurses and the organization. Within those priorities, WSNA staff developed specific goals and action steps and reported back to the Board on a regular basis.

April 14, 2021

Our strength comes from each other

During this year’s Washington State Nurses Convention, we hope nurses across Washington state will feel connected to and supported by others who have also felt the heavy weight of the pandemic on their shoulders.

April 14, 2021

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center nurses rally for safe staffing

Press release

Nurses say PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center needs to do more to attract new nurses and retain the nurses it has after a brutal year on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. On April 10, hundreds of registered nurses and supporters rallied at the Vancouver Waterfront to call for safe nurse staffing at Southwest.

April 10, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 13

It was a busy week of floor action in both the House and the Senate. Sunday, April 11 is the cutoff to pass (non-budget related) bills in the opposite chamber.

April 9, 2021

It’s National Public Health Week (or should it be year?)

The national theme for Public Health Week 2021 is “Building Bridges to Better Health,” a recognition that making communities safe and healthy is public health’s top priority and that COVID-19 has made that even more important.

April 7, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 12

Today marks the April 2 cutoff when bills must be voted out of fiscal committees in the opposite chamber.

April 2, 2021

Update on public health restructure legislation

Both the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives released their budget proposals in late March – and both provided significant new funding for Foundational Public Health Services.WSNA and the Washington State Medical Association issued a joint statement to budget leadership on March 28.

April 2, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 11

Today marks the March 26 cutoff when policy bills must be voted out of committee in the opposite chamber

March 26, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 10

This was the tenth week of the 2021 legislative session. Committee hearings continued this week ahead of the March 26 cutoff when policy bills must be voted out of committee in the opposite chamber.

March 19, 2021

WSNA condemns Atlanta shooting and racism against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

These recent murders are only the most violent, visible manifestations of the increased racism against community members of Asian and Pacific Islander descent that has been a dreadful side effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

March 19, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 9

This was the ninth week of the 2021 legislative session. Tuesday was the deadline for policy bills to be voted out of the chamber in which they originated.

March 12, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 8

This was the eighth week of the 2021 legislative session, and the House and Senate have until Tuesday, March 9 to pass policy bills off the floor.

March 5, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 7

This week marked the second cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of fiscal committees by Feb. 22.

February 26, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 6

This week marked the first cutoff of the 2021 legislative session, with bills needing to be voted out of policy committees by Feb. 15.

February 20, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 5

This was the last week for bills to be heard in House of Origin policy committees; Monday, Feb. 15 is cutoff for bills to be voted out of policy committees.

February 13, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 4

This week, WSNA hosted our first-ever virtual Lobby Day – thank you to everyone who attended!

February 6, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 3

Policy hearings continued this week, and WSNA weighed in on numerous bills.

January 30, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 2

This was a busy week of hearings on policy bills and WSNA was well represented with several members providing testimony on key bills.

January 23, 2021

WSNA in Olympia: 2021 Legislative Session Week 1

The 2021 Regular Session of the Washington State Legislature convened on Jan. 11. Lawmakers were in Olympia on Monday to pass rules that will allow them to conduct their business remotely for the remainder of session.

January 16, 2021

2021 legislative session preview

Nurse education funding, public health funding, school nurse funding, health system transparency, worker protections and workplace safety, and racial equity and justice.

January 14, 2021

Washington hospitals must do better to keep nurses on the job

Washington hospitals must do better by nurses and health care workers to keep them safe and keep them on the job, where we all so desperately need them.

January 9, 2021

WSNA statement of support for Dr. Benjamin Danielson

WSNA joins the prominent individuals and groups who have expressed concern and support for Dr. Benjamin Danielson in his recent resignation from Seattle Children’s and the Odessa Brown Clinic over ongoing racist and discriminatory practices at Seattle Children’s.

January 5, 2021

WSNA is seeking new executive director

WSNA is seeking an execu­tive director to take over leader­ship of the organi­za­tion after Execu­tive Director Sally Watkins retires in the fall. Watkins announced her upcoming retire­ment in November 2020, with the inten­tion of supporting the transi­tion of the new execu­tive director and retiring by October 2021.

January 4, 2021