Your WSNA team and Nurse Representative are in communication REGULARLY with HR and leadership because your safety is our primary concern. Please note, the NATIONAL DISASTER declaration gives hospitals increased ability to make decisions. We are doing our best to address the concerns rapidly coming in and responding promptly. We need to keep each other informed and safe so we can continue to care for the people who desperately need us.

If you experience COVID-19 trouble on your floor, you feel you have been exposed, or you are sent home on quarantine, we also want to hear from you. We are working to track all instances. Please email all issues and inquiries to Nurse Representative Jaclyn Perkins, BSN, RN, at jperkins@wsna.org.

We are working daily to answer your questions and respond as promptly as we can. We have compiled a list of common inquiries into one simple location.

Find your frequently asked questions here

https://www.wsna.org/news/2020/covid-19-faq

Other helpful Links to Check Out:

Safe and accepted use of disposable PPE

https://www.wsna.org/news/2020/safe-and-accepted-use-of-disposable-ppe

State resources for workers who miss work due to COVID-19

https://www.wsna.org/news/2020/state-resources-for-workers-missing-work-due-to-covid-19

Nurses facing abnor­mally dangerous patient care assignments

https://www.wsna.org/news/2020/nurses-facing-abnormally-dangerous-patient-care-assignments

During this time of crisis, it’s important to remember put in for your missed rest or meal break and to fill out and document any unsafe working condition. The “Staffing Analysis” form, or otherwise known as “Unsafe Staffing” form, can be found on the intranet and is a form to document an unsafe condition, assignment or a missed rest or meal break. These forms go to the Nurse Staffing Committee, at which time, your WSNA appointed nursing colleagues evaluate each form one by one with Management looking for solutions.

During this time of crisis it important to gather this data to help improve the working conditions.

Remember! If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen!

Please consider volunteering to be a communication liaison between the WSNA Nurse Rep, the Officers and your co-workers. This will help us dispense the information quickly, and keep nurses informed. Local Unit Liaisons are the eyes and ears for the WSNA and work to help the WSNA Nurse Rep and the Local Unit Officers connect with the staff nurses and bridge communication. If you want to participate as a Local Unit Liaison, please email Nurse Representative Jaclyn Perkins, BSN, RN, today!

The Washington State Nurses Association and Management are working together to secure an MOU to protect nurses in this time of crisis. We will continue to work to get this passed as we feel it’s the right thing to do to protect our nurses.

Information and a copy of a ratified MOU by MultiCare can be found here

https://www.wsna.org/news/2020/health-care-unions-reach-agreement-with-multicare

Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative Jaclyn Perkins, BSN, RN at jperkins@wsna.org

or 1-800-231-8482 ext: 3118.