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In this week’s update: School Nurse Supervision Headed for Governor’s Desk, Staffing Bill Progresses, Public Health Policy Bill Dies & Budget Negotiations
April 7, 2017
The Public Health Insider blog, produced by Public Health - Seattle & King County, featured WSNA member Tina Maestas for National Public Health Week (April 3-7th). Tina is a Public Health Nurse based in Renton, one of seven Seattle & King County Public Health Nurses whose offices are located inside a “CSO” – a state office…
In this week’s update: Staffing Bill Progresses, Rest Breaks Bill Dies, School Nurse Supervision Bills & House Budget
March 31, 2017
In this week’s update: Staffing & Rest Breaks Progress, Senate Budget, School Nurse Supervision and Attend Your Legislators’ Town Hall Meetings
March 24, 2017
In this week’s update: State Revenue Forecast & Upcoming Budget Release, Staffing & Rest Breaks – Attend the Hearings Next Week, School Nurse Supervision and Attend Your Legislators’ Town Hall Meetings
March 17, 2017
In this week’s update: Priority Bills, Legislators' Town Halls and ACA Replacement
March 10, 2017
In this week’s update: House & Senate Voting on Bills, WSNA’s Priority Bills – Updates on Floor Action, Legislator Town Halls
March 3, 2017
In this week's update: Fiscal Committee Cutoff, WSNA’s Priority Bills – Still Moving!, and Legislator Town Halls
February 28, 2017
in this update: policy bill cutoff, public health policy bills and tv town halls, nurse staffing and rest breaks, school nurse supervision, secure medicine return, legislator town halls, congressional week of action and nurse legislative day.
February 17, 2017
WSNA's 2017 Nurse Legislative Day featured keynote speaker Gov. Jay Inslee and was attended by more than 600 nurses and nursing students.
February 16, 2017
After more than a year of grueling negotiations, the WSNA nurses at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital won a groundbreaking contract that for the first time in Washington state includes specific nurse-to-patient ratios.
February 15, 2017
In this week's update: Public Health Hearings & TV Town Halls, Staffing & Rest Breaks Hearings, School Nurse Supervision Hearing, Right to Work Bill, ACA Protections Introduced in Legislature, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events
February 10, 2017
Last fall, WSNA member Justin Gill, MS, ARNP, NP-C and WSNA Nurse Representative Travis Elmore, BSN, RN-BC, were appointed by the American Nurses Association Board of Directors to the ANA-PAC Board of Trustees.
In this week's update: WSNA Statement Regarding Executive Immigration Ban, Paid Family Leave Hearing, School Nurse Supervision Hearing, Staffing & Rest Breaks Bills – Hearings Next Week, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events
February 3, 2017
President Trump’s executive order to ban travel and immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, including refugees fleeing violence, is antithetical to the purpose of the Washington State Nurses Association and threatens nursing’s ability to meet the health care needs of our patients.
In this week’s update: Staffing & Rest Breaks/Mandatory Overtime Bills Introduced, Secure Medicine Return Hearing, WSNA Member Debt Survey – Thank You!, Student Loan Bills, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events.
January 27, 2017
In this week’s update: Balanced Billing Hearing, WSNA Member Debt Survey, Legislator Newsletters: How to Sign-up, and Upcoming Events.
January 20, 2017
Organizers of the Womxn’s March in Seattle sent a call for volunteers, which we are sharing with our members for your information.
WSNA is supporting the Women’s Marches being held throughout our state on January 21. Information about marches in Seattle, Bellingham, Olympia, Spokane, Whidbey Island, Yakima, Chelan and Friday Harbor can be found at www.womensmarchwastate.org.
January 18, 2017
Today, nearly 800,000 people in Washington rely on the Affordable Care Act to get health coverage – and health care. Talk in Congress of repealing the ACA without a viable replacement threatens hundreds of thousands of our family members, friends, neighbors and patients.That’s why WSNA is standing with our national affiliate…
January 13, 2017
Under the terms of the settlement, St. Joseph will pay nurses $5 million in back pay for missed meal and rest breaks. St. Joseph also will establish a “block break relief” system to ensure that nurses are afforded uninterrupted rest periods, and the hospital committed to hiring an additional 26 break relief nurses to safely care for…
December 6, 2016
After making little progress in mediation Tuesday, the WSNA-represented Registered Nurses at Tacoma General Hospital are planning a strike advisory vote for December 16, two days after the next scheduled mediation session.
November 17, 2016
TACOMA--(Nov. 14, 2016) The WSNA-represented nurses at Tacoma General Hospital head back into mediation tomorrow demanding that the hospital address the severe, chronic staffing concerns that imperil patient safety at the hospital. Management’s deceptive “bargaining summary” prompts new Unfair Labor Practice charge. “No Voluntary…
November 14, 2016
TACOMA – (Nov. 7, 2016) After 11 months at the bargaining table, the registered nurses at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital will not take voluntary overtime or extra shifts Nov. 10-17. This concerted union action is in response to MultiCare’s ongoing illegal actions against the nurses, as well as its refusal to address staffing…
November 7, 2016
