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The Washington Nurse
Spring 2017 Volume 47, No 1 A publication of the Washington State Nurses Association
Biennial reports
WSNA elections
‘Public Health is Essential’ campaign
Creating a culture of safety
Taking
responsibility
together
2017 Washington State Nurses Convention
Volume 47, No 1 Spring 2017
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C ON T E N TS
Convention
and
Biennial
Business 14
Convention agenda & speakers
WSNA elections
Call for appointments
Biennial reports
Awards
SPRING 2017
Up Front Labor Relations Member News
In focus ..................................................... 3 Recently settled contracts .................... 13 New members list .................................. 50
Upcoming events .................................... 4 In memoriam .......................................... 51
Convention and Biennial Business
You were represented ............................. 4 Continuing education calendar ........... 52
Convention registration ........................ 16
News briefs ............................................... 6
Biennial awards ...................................... 17
Legislative Affairs Convention agenda ............................... 18
WSNA in Olympia .................................... 8 Convention speakers ............................. 19
WSNA and ‘Public Health is Essential’ Call for appointments ........................... 20
campaign................................................ 10 WSNA elections ..................................... 21
WSU Nursing student Abel Saba’s Biennial reports ...................................... 33
goal: to establish a health clinic in
his homeland of Burkina Faso .............. 11
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WSNA Board of Directors and Staff
President Chair, Cabinet on Economic and General Welfare
Jan Bussert, BSN, RN – Vashon Island Julia Barcott, RN – Yakima
Vice President Chair, Professional Nursing and Health Care Council VOLUME 47, ISSUE 1 SPRING 2017
Jennifer Graves, MS, RN – Seattle Pamela Pasquale, MN, RN, BC, CNE – Wenatchee
‘The Washington Nurse’ (ISSN# 0734-5666)
Secretary / Treasurer Chair, Legislative & Health Policy Council
newsmagazine is published quarterly by the
Judith Turner, RN – Port Orchard Lynnette Vehrs, MN, RN – Spokane Washington State Nurses Association. It is
distributed as a benefit of membership to
Directors-at-Large all WSNA members. A member subscription
Kathy Ormsby, ARNP – Spokane rate of $10 per year is included in WSNA
Evelyn Street, RN, CNOR – Olympia membership dues. The institutional subscription
Ann Whitley, BSN, RN, CCRN – Yakima rate is $30 per year (Canada/Mexico: US$36
per year; foreign: US$49 per year).
The information in this magazine is for the benefit
of WSNA members. WSNA is a multipurpose,
multifaceted organization. ‘The Washington
Nurse’ provides a forum for members of all
specialties and interests to express their
Executive Director Assistant Executive Director, Nursing Practice,
Education & Research opinions. Opinions expressed in the magazine
Judith A. Huntington, MN, RN
are the responsibility of the authors and do not
Heather Stephen-Selby, MSN, ARNP-BC
Special Projects Manager & necessarily reflect the opinions of the officers
Assistant to the Executive Director Assistant Executive Director, or membership of WSNA, unless so stated.
Darlene Delgado, RN Labor Relations Copyright 2017, WSNA. No part of this publication
Christine Himmelsbach, MN, RN may be reproduced without permission.
Bookkeeper
Mary Reed General / Corporate Counsel
Timothy Sears ADVERTISING
Office Manager / Systems Administrator
Martin Hsiung General Counsel
Information on advertising rates may be obtained
Michael Sanderson
Assistant Executive Director, from the WSNA website or by contacting
Government Affairs & Operations Lane Toensmeier Martin Hsiung at 206.575.7979. Advertising
Anne Tan Piazza Paralegal deadlines are: March 1, June 1, Sept. 1 and
Maria Pettit Dec. 1. Advertising is accepted on a first-come,
Government Relations Director first-served basis for preferred positions,
Jennifer Muhm Assistant Director, Labor Relations depending on space availability. WSNA
Political Action Specialist Margaret Conley, ARNP reserves the right to reject advertising. Paid
Nathasja Skorupa Nurse Representatives advertisements in ‘The Washington Nurse’ do
not necessarily reflect the endorsement of
Communications Director Deborah Bessmer, BSN, RN
the WSNA members, staff or organization.
Ruth Schubert Jayson Dick, BSN, RN
Travis Elmore, BSN, RN, RN-BC
Web & Communications Specialist CONTRIBUTOR GUIDELINES
Sara Frey, JD, BSN, RN
Ben Tilden Barbara Friesen, BSN, RN
WSNA welcomes the submission of manuscripts
Contract Lobbyist Carmen Garrison, BSN, RN
and artwork. Please contact Ruth Schubert by
Melissa Johnson Mara Kieval, BSN, RN
email at rschubert@wsna.org with submissions,
Pat McClure, RN article ideas or further questions. It is not the
Membership Coordinator
Sue O’Donnell, MSN, RN, CMN, WHNP-BC policy of WSNA to pay for articles or artwork.
Mary Peterson
Michele Rose, BSN, RN
Membership Associates Hanna Welander, BSN, RN ARTICLE SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Bethany Desimone Terri Williams, MS, RN
Kelly King Ed Zercher, BSN, RN
Patrick McGraw Spring .................................................................................. Feb. 15
Nurse Representative & Organizer Summer...............................................................................May 15
Shastie Steinshouer
Jaclyn Perkins, BSN, RN Fall ....................................................................................... Aug. 15
Administrative Assistant, Programs & Operations
Assistant Director of Organizing Winter................................................................................. Nov. 15
Hue Tran
Tara Goode, BA, BSN, RN
Communications Processor DESIGNED, EDITED & PRINTED IN WASHINGTON STATE
Nurse Organizers
Kathryn MacLeod
Sydne James, BSN, RN, CHPN
Receptionist Judy Marken, BSN, RN Executive Editor ............................. Judith A. Huntington
Irene Mueller Editor .................................................................. Ruth Schubert
Administrative Assistant, E&GW Designer ................................................................... Ben Tilden
Jeanna Te
Washington State Nurses Association
575 Andover Park W., Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98188
206.575.7979 • 206.575.1908 fax
wsna@wsna.org • wsna.org
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L E T T E R F R O M T H E P R E S I DE N T In Focus
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
As you know, last fall Judy Huntington, MN, RN announced her plans to retire from her
position as WSNA’s Executive Director. Following a national search, the Board of Directors
selected Sally Watkins, PhD, MS, RN to lead WSNA into the future. Sally began moving into
that new role in late March, and we are very pleased and excited to have Sally in that position.
Judy will be readily available, as needed, to assist Sally in the transition.
I would like to take a minute to thank Judy Huntington for her strong executive leadership
and her huge nursing heart. As Executive Director, she has led this organization for almost 19
years. Judy has represented the interests of our members and the values of WSNA extremely
well. Her organizational knowledge and expertise will be missed.
Under Judy’s strong leadership, WSNA has grown in numbers, strength and influence.
She has built strong relationships with the health care leaders in our state and in our country,
and because of this, WSNA is seen as a trusted nursing voice in a growing number of nurs-
ing and health policy arenas. As the Executive Director of WSNA, Judy has been central to
achieving so many milestones for health care in Washington, from the creation of Washing-
ton’s Basic Health Plan, to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, to promoting and
implementing the Institute of Medicine/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “Future of
Nursing” recommendations.
Nursing’s ability to provide safe care in a safe environment is at the heart of all of Judy’s
tireless efforts. Stay tuned for your invitation to honor Judy at an event being planned for
early August.
I have been extremely fortunate to call her my colleague, my mentor and my friend.
Thank you Judy. Well done!
Jan Bussert, BSN, RN
WSNA President
PHOTO: MERYL SCHENKER
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Upcoming Events You Were Represented
M AY 20 1 7
WSNA staff and elected and appointed leaders represent your interests in a wide variety of
3–5 Washington State Nurses Convention
– Tulalip Casino and Conference meetings, coalitions, conferences and work groups throughout the year, anticipating and
Center, Marysville, WA responding to the issues the membership has identified as priorities. In addition to many
6 Nursing Students of Washington State meetings with legislators, regulators, policy makers and leaders of other healthcare and nurs-
(NSWS) Convention – Tulalip Casino
and Conference Center, Marysville, WA
ing organizations and unions, the following is a partial list of the many places and meetings
where you were represented during the past three months.
8 WSNA election ballots mailed
6 WCN “Hats Off to Nursing” – • A-CNE (formerly CEARP) • Health Coalition for • Washington Center
Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA Committee meetings Children and Youth for Nursing (WCN)
• AFT Nurses and Health • Health Pact Forum Board meetings
10 U of W Nurse Recognition
Banquet, Fisher Pavilion, Professionals Program & • Healthcare Personnel • Washington Chapter
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA Policy Council meetings Shortage Task Force of Physicians for Social
• AFT State Federation Responsibility
22 Constituent Representative Council • Healthy Washington
Meeting (Districts) – WSNA office Presidents conference Coalition Steering • Washington Health
• Alliance of Nurses for Committee Benefit Exchange
29 Memorial Day – WSNA office closed Advisory Committee
Healthy Environments • Joint Task Force on
31 AFT Professional Issues (ANHE) Policy/Advocacy Education Funding • Washington Health
Conference – Washington, D.C. Committee (Legislative Task Force) Care Association
• American Cancer Society • National Federation of • Washington Health
J U N E 20 1 7
Cancer Action Network Nurses (NFN) National Care Authority
1–2 AFT Professional Issues • American Nurses Executive Board meetings • Washington Patient
Conference – Washington, D.C. Association (ANA) Board & National Advisory Safety Coalition
8–10 ANA Lobby Day and Membership of Directors meeting Board meetings Steering Committee
Assembly – Washington, D.C. • ANA Governmental • North Seattle Community • Washington State Board
Affairs & Health Policy College Technical of Community and
13 WSNA election ballots counted
conference calls Advisory Board Technical Colleges
16 WSNA Finance Committee and Executive • ANA Nursing Practice • Nursing Care Quality • Washington State Labor
Committee Meetings – WSNA office
Network conference calls Assurance Commission Council Executive
• ARNPs United of meetings (NCQAC) Board (WSLC)
J U LY 20 1 7
Washington State • Nursing Students of • Washington State Labor
4 Independence Day – WSNA office closed Washington State (NSWS) Education & Research
• ARNP Coalition
18–21 Washington State Labor Council Board meetings Center Advisory Committee
• Bellevue College Nursing
Convention – Hilton, Vancouver, WA • Pierce County Labor • WSLC Legislative
Advisory Board
Council Prevention Alliance Labor Caucus
AU G U ST 20 1 7 • Children’s Alliance
• Public Health Roundtable • WSLC Political Committee
3 WSNA Board of Directors, Cabinet • Clark Community College
Allied Advisory Board • Racial Equity Team • Washington State Public
on Economic and General Welfare, Health Association
Professional Nursing and Health Care • Collaborative on Health and • Rebuilding Our Economic
Future Coalition Board meeting
Committee and Legislative and Health the Environment (CHE-WA)
Policy Council orientations – DoubleTree • Renton Center of Health • Washington Toxics Coalition
• DOH Healthcare
Suites at Southcenter, Seattle, WA and Occupational
Associated Infections
4 WSNA Board of Directors Advisory Committee Health Education Labor
meeting, WSNA Office Advisory Board
• DOH Midwifery
Advisory Committee • Renton Technical College
4 Retirement Celebration for Judy
Allied Health Advisory Board
Huntington – DoubleTree Suites • Department of Labor and
at Southcenter, Seattle, WA Industries (L&I) rulemaking • School Nurse Organization
on prescheduled on-call of Washington State
10 –11 NFN National Executive Board
Meeting – Columbus, OH administrative policy • Shoreline Community
• L&I Safe Employment College Nursing
S E P T E M B E R 20 1 7 Standards Policy Advisory Committee
4 Labor Day – WSNA office closed Development (Intermittent • Snohomish County Council
Rest Breaks) • Snohomish County
23–24 Cabinet on Economic & General
• L&I Safe Patient Handling Labor Council
Welfare meeting – Campbell’s
Steering Committee • South Seattle Community
Resort, Lake Chelan, WA
• Equity in Education College Technical
24 Local Unit Council meeting – Coalition Advisory Board
Campbell’s Resort, Lake Chelan, WA
• Everett Community • State of Reform Health
25–26 E&GW Annual Leadership Conference College Technical Policy Conference
– Campbell’s Resort, Lake Chelan, WA Advisory Committee • United Labor Lobby
• Federal Basic Health • University of Washington
Option legislative Continuing Nursing
advisory committee Education Advisory
FO R M O R E I N FO R M AT I O N A N D A C O M P L E T E • Health Care Access Committee
A N D U P-TO - DAT E L I ST I N G O F E V E N TS, Coalition (to maintain • Washington Alliance for
V I S I T WS N A .O RG/CA L E N DA R. access to medications) Gun Responsibility
• Health Care Without Harm • Washington Alliance for
School Health Care
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To make a donation or to apply for a
grant, visit wsna.org/wsnf
YOU CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WITH
A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
TO
THE WSNF
That's right. You can make a difference in Another way to make a difference in some- Are you interested in giving back to your
someone's life by giving a gift to the Wash- one's life is to honor them with a gift to the community? A WSNF community service
ington State Nurses Foundation (WSNF). Your WSNF. Do you have a nurse friend, colleague mini-grant can make a difference in YOUR
gift will help support nursing students or mentor who has made a difference in your community! WSNF makes grants to nurses
attending college, either to become RNs life? Consider honoring them by making a doing various community service or education
or to advance their education with a BSN, donation to the Foundation in their honor. projects. You can design a community service
master's or doctoral degree. We are all WSNF will send honorees a letter notifying project and then submit an application for
aware that tuition costs have climbed much them that you have honored them with a funding of your project. Grants up to $500
faster than inflation, especially in the past few donation to WSNF (note: donation amounts are available. Your project could be the next
years. Your tax-deductible gift will allow us to are confidential). one that the foundation supports. We look
award scholarships to more students and to forward to hearing from YOU!
give larger scholarships, all to very deserving
students—our future nurses and future nurse
leaders.
Since 1999, the Washington State Nurses Foundation has given out more than $150,000 in
scholarships to more than 130 students at schools of nursing located around the state.
OTHER WORTHY CAUSES THE FOUNDATION HAS SUPPORTED IN RECENT YEARS
$500 to support $500 to support
toy safety $1,000 from staff education
$5,000 to $2,500 to assist $1,376 for
$1,000 to and health $500 to study the Etta B. to improve
study nurse nurses in the research on
help fund promotion at the attitudes Cummings patient safety $500 to support
practitioners' aftermath culturally
scholarships to a community of nursing staff Fund to assist initiatives and bicycle safety
barriers to of Hurricane competent
nursing camp clinic for the toward safe a nurse with outreach at a awareness and
practice and Katrina and health care for
for high school uninsured in lift equipment extraordinary critical access helmet use
barriers to other natural Latinos in the
students a culturally and policies medical hospital serving
prescribing disasters Yakima area
diverse area of expenses rural eastern
King County Washington
The mission of the WSNF, a 501(c)3 charitable foundation, is to promote the advancement of educational and If you would like to target your donation to
professional excellence within nursing, and the health and well-being of the citizens of Washington State. a specific fund, select from the following:
· Etta B Cummings Emergency
WSNF BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2015-2017) Assistance Fund
Timothy Davis, MN, RN, President Evelyn Street, RN, CNOR, Trustee Judy Turner, RN, Trustee · May S Loomis Professional
Development Fund
Jennifer Graves, MS, RN, Verlee Sutherlin, MEd, MSN, RN, Ann Whitley, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC,
Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Trustee · Dolores Little Scholarship Fund
· Nursing Mini Grant Fund
Sonya Miller, BSN, RN, Trustee Patricia Tobis, MN, RN, CCM,
Trustee · WSNF General Operations Fund
N E W S BR I E F S
NEWS BRIEFS
For the most current nursing
news and information, visit
wsna.org/update.
Improving
safety culture 11 Tenets of a Safety Culture
in healthcare Definition of Safety Culture
Safety culture is the sum of what an organization is and does in the pursuit of safety.
The Patient Safety Systems (PS) chapter of The Joint Commission accreditation
On March 1, The Joint Commission released a manuals defines safety culture as the product of individual and group beliefs,
values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that
Sentinel Event Alert titled, “The essential role determine the organization’s commitment to quality and patient safety.
of leadership in developing a safety culture.”
The alert emphasizes that in health care,
1
leadership’s failure to create an effective safety Apply a transparent, nonpunitive approach to reporting
and learning from adverse events, close calls and
culture is a contributing factor to many types of unsafe conditions.
adverse events such as wrong-site surgery and
delays in treatment. Competent and thoughtful
2
Use clear, just, and transparent risk-based processes for recognizing
leaders, the alert says, look to systemic flaws and distinguishing human errors and system errors from unsafe,
blameworthy actions.
in the system and contribute to improving the
culture of safety.
“A strong safety culture begins with
leadership; their behaviors and actions set the
3 CEOs and all leaders adopt and model appropriate behaviors
and champion efforts to eradicate intimidating behaviors.
bar,” said Ana Pujols McKee, MD, executive vice
4
Policies support safety culture and the reporting of adverse events,
president and chief medical officer of The Joint close calls and unsafe conditions. These policies are enforced
Commission in a press release. “Establishing and communicated to all team members.
and improving safety culture is just as critical
Recognize care team members who report adverse events and
5
as the time and resources devoted to revenue close calls, who identify unsafe conditions, or who have good
and financial stability, system integration and suggestions for safety improvements. Share these “free lessons”
productivity — because a lack of safety culture with all team members (i.e., feedback loop).
can have serious consequences for patients,
staff and other stakeholders.”
Ways inadequate leadership can contribute
6 Determine an organizational baseline measure on safety culture
performance using a validated tool.
to adverse events include insufficient support of
7
Analyze safety culture survey results from across the
patient safety event reporting, lack of feedback organization to find opportunities for quality and
safety improvement.
or response to staff and others who report safety
vulnerabilities, allowing intimidation of staff who
8
Use information from safety assessments and/or surveys to
report events, refusing to consistently prioritize develop and implement unit-based quality and safety
and implement safety recommendations, and improvement initiatives designed to improve the culture of safety.
not addressing staff burnout.
9
Embed safety culture team training into quality improvement
Sentinel Event Alerts are published projects and organizational processes to strengthen
periodically by The Joint Commission for health safety systems.
care professionals. The alerts identify specific
types of sentinel and adverse events and
high-risk conditions, describes their common
underlying causes, and recommends steps to
10 Proactively assess system strengths and vulnerabilities, and
prioritize them for enhancement or improvement.
11
reduce risk and prevent future occurrences. Repeat organizational assessment of safety culture every
18 to 24 months to review progress and sustain improvement.
áá Read the full alert at
jointcommission.org/sea_issue_57
See Sentinel Event Alert Issue 57, “The essential role of leadership in developing
a safety culture,” for more information, resources and references.
Best auction baskets
Congratulations to the bargaining units that submitted Grand Prize – Tacoma General Hospital Sports theme – PeaceHealth Southwest
the winning silent auction baskets at the Leadership Travel theme – St Joe's Tacoma Pet theme – Seattle Children’s
Conference in 2016. Donations went to the Washington Spa theme – Yakima Regional Medical Center Seasonal theme – St. Claire’s
State Nurses Foundation scholarship fund!
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N E W S BR I E F S
ANA position statement
opposes capital punishment
In February, the American Nurses Association released a new position statement opposing both
capital punishment and nurses’ participation in capital punishment. In its release, ANA stated that,
“This new position is particularly relevant given the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme
Court of the United States, who, if approved, will likely tip the court in favor of capital punishment.”
The ANA has long been opposed to nurse participation in executions, either directly or indirectly,
as it is contrary to the fundamental goals and ethical traditions of the nursing profession. “The
American Nurses Association is gravely concerned with the human rights of individuals facing
execution,” said ANA President Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. “Capital punishment
Nurses Week
is a human rights violation, and ANA is proud to stand in strong opposition to the death penalty.” is coming!
ANA’s Center for Ethics and Human Rights Advisory Board reviewed and unanimously approved
National Nurses Week is May 6-12. The
the position statement. The statement was presented to the public for a 30-day comment period
American Nurses Association’s theme
and subsequently approved by the ANA Board of Directors in December 2016.
this year is “Nursing: the Balance of
áá Read the full position statement at Mind, Body and Spirit.” As nurses, you
nursingworld.org/CapitalPunishmentNursesRole-PositionStatement. give so much commitment, compassion
and care to your patients, it can be hard
to take care of yourself.
Let us know how you’re celebrating
Nurses Week this year. Send your photos
to newsletter@wsna.org and we’ll post
them to our Facebook page!
PA I D A DV E RT I S E M E N T
Designed for
working nurses
Helping patients with challenging
chronic pain problems
Washington is experiencing an opioid crisis. To help address this crisis, UW Medicine and the
Washington State Health Care Authority have partnered to offer two free services to assist
community-practice providers with managing patients with challenging chronic pain problems.
The UW Medicine Pain and Opioid Consult Hotline for Clinicians for “just in time” advice. This
hotline is available for the clinician in the exam room, or in the office just prior to seeing a patient
with complex chronic pain problems, especially involving opioid management. Pain pharmacists
and physicians are available to offer advice on guideline adherence, drug-drug interactions and
risks, approach to dose taper, and, when needed, suggested referral resources for more help.
Number: 1-844-520-PAIN (7246)
wwu.edu/bsn
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
PHOTO: SHAYNEPPISTOCKPHOTO / SHUTTERSTOCK
UW TelePain for in-depth multidisciplinary “educational” consultation. These weekly audio-
video-based conferences offer case presentations from community clinicians and interactive
consultations for providers with a multi-disciplinary panel of specialists. Cases are usually
scheduled for discussion within days or for the following week. Learn more about the sessions at
http://depts.washington.edu/anesth/care/pain/telepain
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LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
WSNA in Olympia
Throughout the legislative session,
Advocacy Camp
WSNA members and staff have On Jan. 12, WSNA held our best-attended
been in Olympia, tracking our Advocacy Camp ever, with more than 100 in
priorities, testifying on bills, attendance. Campers received training about
how to effectively advocate in Olympia; they
holding the largest lobby day in
then had an opportunity to put their skills into
the state Capitol, learning how practice at our annual Legislator Reception.
to be effective advocates, working
in coalitions and talking directly
to legislators and the governor’s
office. We have shared weekly email
updates on the progress of our
priorities in the state Legislature,
and we have accomplished a
lot. As this issue goes to press, the
legislative session has not yet come
to an end. Look for a detailed
report on how our bills and budget
items fared in the summer issue of
The Washington Nurse.
Testifying on Bills
WSNA members, the WSNA President and WSNA staff have testified on
bills in Olympia this year, and we know their voices made a difference.
Testimony in Olympia has included:
• On Jan. 30, Kaila Tang, a nurse with Public Health – Seattle &
King County, provided testimony to the Senate Commerce,
Labor, and Sports Committee on SB 5032. This bill would
establish a family and medical leave insurance program.
Kaila shared her personal story about why paid family
leave is important to workers in Washington state.
• On Feb. 7, Danielle O’Toole, an ICU nurse at Tacoma General
Hospital, testified in support of House Bills 1714 and 1715 on
nurse staffing and rest breaks. Her first-hand experiences with
stretched staffing offered a compelling case for the bills.
• WSNA President Jan Bussert also testified several times
in support of priority bills for WSNA, including on the
governor’s budget early in the session. She also testified
against proposed Right to Work legislation, SB 5692, in
the Senate – WSNA was in good company on that issue, as
more than 1,000 people signed in opposition to that bill.
8 The Washington Nurse S P R I N G 2017 wsna.orgL E G I S L AT I V E A F FA I R S WSNA in Olympia
Nurse Legislative Day 2017
WSNA’s annual day of action in Olympia, held Feb. 13, drew
more than 600 nurses and nursing students to the state
Capitol. Governor Jay Inslee gave the keynote address, and
attendees learned how to be effective advocates on WSNA’s
priority issues, including nurse staffing and rest breaks bills,
public health funding, the health profession loan repayment
and scholarship program, and
school nurse supervision.
The nurses and students then
headed for the Capitol Campus,
where they met in small groups
with legislators and their aides
at 122 appointments set up by
WSNA. It was an inspiring day of
advocacy for health care and the
nursing profession.
At Nurse Legislative
Day, we launched our
postcard campaigns
on funding for
public health and
preserving the
gains Washington
realized under the
PHOTOS: BEN TILDEN AND ANNE TAN PIAZZA
Affordable Care Act.
In all, nurses filled
out more than 1,000
postcards.
wsna.org The Washington Nurse S P R I N G 2 017 9L E G I S L AT I V E A F FA I R S Public Health
Patty Hayes, Ben Danielson and John Weisman appeared in two public health town hall meetings that aired on KOMO-TV in mid-February 2017.
WSNA and ‘Public Health is Essential’ campaign
Public health is essential — and WSNA is helping to lead the new speakers, as was Dr. Ben Danielson, a pediatrician with Seattle
campaign to make sure both the public and the Legislature know just Children’s and a member of the King County Board of Health.
how critical public health services are to the health of our families, You can watch the TV Town Hall that aired on KOMO-TV at
our communities and our economy. komonews.com/town-hall-events.
WSNA has made public health funding a priority for many years.
Public Health Legislative Education Day: WSNA was one
Since the repeal of the state’s Motor Vehicle Excise Tax in 2000, Wash-
of a number of sponsors of Public Health Legislative Education
ington’s public health system has not had a dedicated and consistent
Day, held in Olympia on March 1. This day, organized by the
funding source. Inflation and recession-era budget cuts, combined
Washington State Public Health Association, is an opportunity
with more than 1 million new residents, have eroded our public health
to educate legislators on the work that public health nurses and
system, even as the complexity of diseases has increased.
employees do in service to their communities.
WSNA and our partners in the Public Health is Essential campaign
are asking the Legislature to make a down payment of $60 million in Member Trainings at Local Public Health Agencies: WSNA
new funding for our state’s public health system to begin filling the has teamed up with other unions to hold a series of member train-
most critical service gaps. ings on the Public Health is Essential campaign and outreach to
The Public Health is Essential campaign is being run by the Public legislators at local public health departments around the state.
Health Roundtable, a coalition of other unions, health organizations, Jennifer Muhm, WSNA Government Relations Director, pre-
public health agencies and community partners who promote the sented at the Benton-Franklin Public Health Department Train-
important work of our state’s public health system. Nearly 20 years ing in January and at the Snohomish Health District in February.
ago, WSNA was a founding member of the Roundtable and is now A training at the Whatcom Public Health Department is planned
playing a leadership role in the campaign. Here are some of the recent for March 28.
campaign activities in which WSNA has played a major role:
Additionally, WSNA has testified on the importance of public health
TV Town Hall Meetings: Many months of planning went into funding in legislative budget hearings and has asked members to
the two TV Town Hall meetings that aired in mid-February on take action on this issue through several email action alerts. WSNA
KOMO-TV and in Spanish on KUNS. Secretary of Health John members have sent in hundreds of postcards to their legislators ask-
Wiesman and WSNA member Patty Hayes, RN, MN, direc- ing for new funding for public health.
tor of Public Health – Seattle & King County, were featured
PHOTO: STANLEY TSAO
áá You can learn more about the Public Health is Essential campaign at PublicHealthIsEssential.org.
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Stanley TsaoL E G I S L AT I V E A F FA I R S Inspiring Stories
Nursing student Abel Saba was at WSNA’s
Nurse Legislative Day on Feb. 13. We
captured him on video talking about some
of the challenges he faces and shared on
Facebook (see it at wsna.to/AbelSabaVideo).
The Washington State University College of
Nursing ran the following story about Abel
on their website on March 15 and granted us
permission to reprint it here.
WSU Nursing student Abel Saba’s goal: to establish
a health clinic in his homeland of Burkina Faso
By Addy Hatch
Director of Outreach & Communications, WSU College of Nursing
This article is reprinted with permission of the Washington State University College of Nursing.
Washington State University nursing student Abel Saba grew up in Though fluent in French and in a regional language, Moore, he
Burkina Faso, a West African country with one of the world’s lowest had to learn English when he arrived in the U.S. Then he became a
adult literacy rates. certified nursing assistant and worked overnight shifts so he could
“Going to school was a privilege for me,” said Saba, the son of a attend classes for his nursing prerequisites during the day.
pastor and the oldest of six siblings. Accepted at the WSU College of Nursing, he arrived in the fall
He wanted to give other children the same privilege, so at 18, he of 2015 and was joined by his wife from Burkina Faso that year. The
founded Findawende, or Praise God, a primary school in the outskirts couple now have an infant son.
of the capital city. He hauled and sold water to raise money for the Saba said the WSU nursing community has helped him immensely
school and helped build the first schoolhouse. during his time in Spokane. “The instructors and staff will do the best
Fast-forward a decade, over the long and difficult path Saba took for you to succeed,” he said.
to the WSU College of Nursing, and his goal remains the same: to Fellow students are on the board of a new nonprofit he started
help his native country, this time by establishing a health care center called Ezer International. And Saba would like teams of American
next to the school. nurses to visit his health clinic once he gets it off the ground.
“Abel is a very compassionate man,” said one of his WSU instruc- He’s still got to get through his last semester and his DNP program;
tors, Susan McFadden. “He has a very gentle spirit, but a directed he hopes to return to Burkina Faso by 2022.
purpose.” However, said Saba, “I know through hard work it’ll be possible.”
He graduates with a Bachelor of Science in nursing in May, then
intends to go directly into the College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP) Family Nurse Practitioner program.
Saba, 36, calls the United States “one of the only places where
your dreams can come true.”
He arrived on a visa in 2009 and worked in entry-level service
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jobs, but still managed to send money home to help support his school.
“One year I was able to sleep at work,” he noted, which enabled him
to save and send even more money.
áá Abel Saba’s school has a fundraising website in the U.S. at kidsinburkina.org.
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The Washington State Nurses Convention is the premier nursing event in
Washington state. You don’t want to miss out on the renowned speakers, the
opportunity to fulfill your entire annual continuing education requirements
at a single event, networking with nurses from across the state, the
planning discussions that set the direction of WSNA for the years ahead
and so much more.
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WSNA elections 21
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Recognizing the exceptional Ten reasons
BIENNIAL AWARDS you'll want to be
At the 2017 Biennial WSNA and PNHCC Awards reception on Thursday, May 4, at the convention
2017, we will honor the outstanding achievements of several of our nursing colleagues A full year’s required continuing
and community partners. education
These awards are given every two years in recognition of significant personal and
ANA President Pam Cipriano
professional contributions of individuals or groups benefitting the advancement of
nurses, the profession and the association. Poster sessions
Awards
Awards banquet
WS N A R EC O G N I T I O N AWA R DS P RO F E SS I O N A L N U RS I N G & H E A LT H
CA R E C O U N C I L R EC O G N I T I O N AWA R DS Breakout sessions on liability, staffing
committees, and political engagement
H O N O R A RY R EC O G N I T I O N B E ST P R ACT I C E
Jennifer Graves, MS, RN, ARNP Lynn Nelson, MSN, RN, NCSN Auction benefitting the
In recognition of her life-long commitment Presented to an individual to recognize best Washington State Nurses Foundation
and tireless work on behalf of registered practice in the daily care of patients / clients.
nurses and the profession and her Wine and cheese reception with
distinguished service to WSNA and ANA. WSNA candidates
N U RS E L E A D E RS H I P & M A N AG E M E N T
Dialogue sessions for long-term care,
M A RG U E R I T E C O B B P U B L I C H E A LT H Susan Manfredi, DNP, retired nurses, school nurses,
C O M M U N I T Y H E A LT H N U RS E
MBA, RN, FACHE licenced practical nurses and
David Reyes, MPH, RN, Presented to an individual to recognize excellence advanced practice nurses
DNP, APHN-BC in nursing leadership and management.
Recognizing significant contributions to the
WSNA biennial business meeting
field of public or community health nursing. E D U CATO R
Yoga-based stress management
Lynn von Schlieder, MN, RN
J OA N N A B OAT M A N STA F F Presented to an individual to recognize excellence
in nursing education.
N U RS E L E A D E RS H I P
Judi Lyons, RN WS N A G E N E R A L ASS E M B LY
E T H I C S & H U M A N R I G H TS AWA R D B U S I N E SS M E E T I N G, N O M I N AT I O N S,
In recognition of her leadership and
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and general welfare of nurses and nursing.
Presented to an individual to recognize excellence
in ethics and human rights. The General Assembly meeting,
Thursday, May 4th, will address
C O M M U N I T Y PA RT N E R
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Adam Davis, RN, DNP and R E S E A RC H
membership, including proposed
Mitch Snyder, Division Chief Pamela Mitchell, PHD, RN, FAAN resolutions and final nominations for
FD Cares – Kent Fire Department Recognizing excellence in nursing research that
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Agenda
Wednesday, May 3 Thursday, May 4 Friday, May 5
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
• Registration / check–in • Registration • Registration
• Exhibition area opens • Breakfast • Breakfast
• Poster sessions open Poster sessions, exhibits and silent auction Poster sessions and exhibits
• WSNA silent auction opens 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Convention Agenda
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. keynoteSafety 360: Taking responsibility keynote Moral resilience
New attendee orientation together Cheryl Peterson, MSN, RN
Pam Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. President, American Nurses Association 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Welcome Break
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Poster sessions and exhibits
10:30 a.m. – Noon keynote Quality as a moral issue
keynote Creating a fair and just culture Leah Curtin, DSc(h), RN, FAAN 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
in nursing (part 1) keynote The state of our future
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Jane Barnsteiner PhD, RN, FAAN & Sally Watkins, PhD, RN
Joanne Disch PhD, RN, FAAN
Break
Poster sessions, exhibits and silent auction 11:30 a.m. – Noon
Noon – 12:30 p.m. panel Breakout session preview
Lunch 10:30 a.m. – Noon
• General Assembly business Noon – 1:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch
meeting (part 1)
keynote Creating a fair and just culture Poster sessions and exhibits
• Optional session
in nursing (part 2)
Practical de-escalation techniques
Jane Barnsteiner PhD, RN, FAAN & 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Joanne Disch PhD, RN, FAAN for nurses
Concurrent continuing education
webinar
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
breakout sessions - session 1
Noon – 1:00 p.m. • Staffing committees
Break
Lunch • panel Political engagement
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Poster sessions, exhibits and silent auction • Liability
• Yoga-based stress management
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
• Protecting your practice, protecting
your patients • General Assembly business Break
Margaret Holm, JD, RN, CIP meeting (part 2)
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• Optional session
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Concurrent continuing education
WHPS program: What’s new –
Local Unit Council meeting breakout sessions - session 2
Limited to members represented by promoting nurses’ return to the
workplace • Staffing committees
WSNA for collective bargaining
Melissa Frazer • panel Political engagement
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. • Liability
Specialty Practice Dialogue Sessions 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Facilitated discussions to identify key issues Break 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
and areas where WSNA can provide support Break
Poster sessions, exhibits and silent auction
• Advanced practice
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
• Licensed practical nurses
keynote Nursing in Washington: The state Roundtable dialogue session
• Long-term care Nurses in facilitated small groups will identify
of our state
• Public health and community health key issues and strategies to help guide WSNA
Judy Huntington, MN, RN
priority-setting for the next two years
• Retired nurses
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
• School nurses 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
“Mix & Mingle” reception with
Using our voices for the future
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. no-host bar Sally Watkins, PhD, MS, RN
Wine and cheese networking reception
6:00 p.m.
with photo booth
WSNF silent auction closes
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
“Meet the Candidates” forum
Gala awards dinner & celebration
18 The Washington Nurse S P R I N G 2017 wsna.orgBiennial Business
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Featured speakers
Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN Judy Huntington, MN, RN
Jane Barnsteiner is an emeritus professor Judy Huntington has been a registered nurse
at the University of Pennsylvania School since 1968 and is the current Executive
of Nursing, where in addition to her Director of the Washington State Nurses
teaching responsibilities she was director of Association (WSNA), a position she has held
translational research at the hospital of the since January 1999 after nearly 10 years on
University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Barnsteiner is the executive staff of the American Nurses
Convention Speakers
a member of The Joint Commission Patient Association (ANA). She is a graduate of the
Safety Advisory Group. University of Washington where she received
both her BSN (1968) and MN (1985). She is
also the Executive Director of the Washington
State Nurses Foundation, Vice-President of
Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, the Washington Center for Nursing, and is a
RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Vice President on the Executive Board of the
Dr. Pamela Cipriano, the 35th president of Washington State Labor Council. She is also a
the American Nurses Association (ANA), is member of the National Advisory Board to the
nationally known as a strong advocate for National Federation of Nurses (NFN) union and
healthcare quality and serves on a number serves on the Program and Policy Council of
of boards and committees for organizations the Nurses and Health Professionals Division
including the National Quality Forum and The of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Joint Commission. ANA spent 2016 focused on Judy will be retiring from WSNA in June, 2017.
Culture of Safety. She has served in leadership roles at the local,
state and national levels of WSNA and ANA,
including as WSNA President and ANA Second
Vice President.
Leah Curtin, DSc(h), RN, FAAN
An internationally recognized nurse leader,
ethicist, speaker and consultant in the nursing
field, Leah Curtin has long been known as a Cheryl Peterson, MSN, RN
strong advocate for the nursing profession Cheryl Peterson is vice president for
and quality patient care. Dr. Curtin serves as nursing programs for the American Nurses
clinical professor of nursing at the University Association, providing strategic oversight to
of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health, the Departments of Health Policy and Nursing
and is an editor-in-chief of The Journal of Practice and Work Environment, the Center
Clinical Systems Management. She is the for Ethics and Human Rights, the Minority
author of 280-plus editorials and 400-plus Fellowship Program, and ANA’s participation in
articles. the International Council of Nurses. Peterson
served as a captain in the Army Nurse Corps,
United States Army Reserve, from 1986 to
2003. Her assignments included active duty
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN in the 350th Evacuation Hospital during
Joanne Disch is clinical professor at the Operation Desert Shield/Storm and serving
University of Minnesota School of Nursing as head nurse of a cardiac step-down unit at
and past president of the American Academy Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
of Nursing. She has also served as president
of the American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses (AACN) and president of the AACN
Certification Board. Disch has conducted Sally Watkins, PhD, MS, RN
extensive research on quality and safety in Sally Watkins, PhD, RN, is the incoming
healthcare settings. executive director of the Washington
State Nurses Association. Dr. Watkins was
administrative director, clinical resource
management, at CHI-Franciscan Health and is
a past assistant executive director for nursing
practice, education & research at WSNA. She
has also served as a pro tem member of the
Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.
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