February 21, 2025
February 14, 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.”
February 12, 2025
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.
"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
If ICE agents enter your workplace, the following information is important for you to know.
January 27, 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.
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
King County Council is expected to vote on measure to protect public health clinics
November 15, 2024
The closure deprives the community of another birth center and leaves dozens of labor and delivery nurses without a job they loved.
November 14, 2024
Community invited to share frustration at Nov. 14 event (6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
November 8, 2024
Vote NO on Initiative 2124
June 12, 2024
Much of King County’s public health system now risks being shuttered.
March 22, 2024
This week we celebrate and recognize this important group within the nursing profession!
November 16, 2023
Monica R. McLemore was given the 2023 Nurse Researcher Award by WSNA and issued the following invitation in her acceptance speech.
October 24, 2023
With thousands of acres burned, at least 185 structures lost, and residents of Medical Lake and Elk under evacuation orders, these fires are devastating.
August 22, 2023
"We are making a difference in people’s lives, and I, personally, try to make a difference in every patient I encounter."
January 19, 2023
