February 3, 2025
January 30, 2025
WSNA adds our voice to the many civil organizations and labor unions in the U.S. and worldwide calling for an immediate ceasefire, access to humanitarian aid, release of all hostages, and a negotiated peace.
June 5, 2024
Consult sought on healthcare costs and palliative care benefits
The nonpartisan WSNA PAC endorses candidates for state office who prioritize nursing, patient safety, and healthcare.
May 30, 2024
Carl Christensen, Beulah (Bea) Mae Smith, Sheila FitzGerald Umlauf, and Marilyn Annette Walli
May 29, 2024
Wages, illness banks, increased premiums among significant gains
Mary Reed, our finance director for 30 years, stepped down in January.
May 28, 2024
Kristen Kussmann joined WSNA’s Labor Counsel Dec. 4, 2023.
WSNA would not be where it is today without the significant contributions of these award winners
Empowering the next generation of pro-union politicians
Transition to digital communications format, nurse legislators decline in numbers, new health equity CNE requirement, apply for a Washington multistate license, become a preceptor for student nurses.
These are the four legislative priorities WSNA pursued in the 2024 legislative session and how each fared.
May 24, 2024
One of my goals as president is to re-establish a strong pro-nursing presence in our state capitol.
Surrounded by past inductees, family, friends, and colleagues, 2024 inductees Katherine Camacho Carr, Butch de Castro, Jennifer Graves, Judi Lyons, Dawn Morrell, and Lynnette Vehrs were honored at a gala dinner held March 21.
May 23, 2024
One issue – Management’s refusal to negotiate fair wages for home health and hospice nurses
May 9, 2024
Happy Nurses Week from WSNA
May 6, 2024
Union leaders from 32 local units converged to celebrate victories, hear from labor leaders, and learn how to strengthen nursing's voice.
April 30, 2024
Nurses get support from local officials, labor leaders, the community
April 22, 2024
The 1,465 nurses are represented by the Washington State Nurses Association
April 15, 2024
Severe understaffing does not allow nurses to meet community’s needs
March 27, 2024
Much of King County’s public health system now risks being shuttered.
March 22, 2024
Your participation in the Nurses4All survey will provide real-time, actionable evidence to our policy makers on pressing issues.
March 13, 2024
How much did you absorb while reading this issue? Find out by taking this quiz. Answer these questions based on what you've read. Try not to peek at the answers, but remember — it's just for fun!
February 7, 2024
When we grow our membership and diversify it, we strengthen the voice we bring to all discussions.
February 6, 2024
Nurses want public to know that a union is also about community
February 1, 2024
