CENTENNIAL
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WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION
PRIDE IN OUR PAST. CONFIDENCE IN OUR FUTURE.
Volume 37, No. 4 Winter 2007
2 Calendar of Events3 In Focus5 Important Notice to Members6 Report from WSNA’s 2008 NurseLegislative Day7 You Were Represented8 2008 Legislative Platform9 2008 Legislative Priorities10 2008 Legislative & RegulatoryAgenda
12SafeNurseStafngAgreement
Inside...
Photos from Legislative Day ‘08 • Stakeholders Reach Agreement on Safe Nurse Stafng • Nursing Practice Update
14 E&GW UpdateWSNA Wins Flu Shot Lawsuit,
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AgainContract Negotiations
•ShortStafng&PatientSafety•
18 Nursing Practice UpdateUnsafe Care?
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Reading List
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New ARNP Web Page
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Association or Commission?
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Nursing Delegation: Insulin
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InjectionsPNHCC Update
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24 Health & Safety UpdateChemical Eposure Causing
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Diseases in Nurses?Adolescent Immunizations:
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TDap & More26 Nursing News Briefs27 Membership Update28 DistrictNews29 ANA News Briefs32 Continuing Education Calendar34 New Members36 Centennial CelebrationInformation & Registration
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Calendar of Events
WSNA Board of Directors & Headquarters Staff
MARCH 200817 Washington State NursesFoundation Board of Trustees21 WSNA Board of DirectorsAPRIL9 Grievance Workshop - WSNA22 Seattle Regional Council Meeting -WSNAMAY5 Cabinet on Economic and GeneralWelfare5 Statewide Local Unit CouncilMeeting
6 WSNA Centennial - SeattleWestin Hotel
26OfceClosed-MemorialDay
Observed30 Finance/Eecutive CommitteeMeetingsJUNE21 Professional Nursing and HealthCare Council25-27 ANA House of Delegates -Washington, DC Hilton Towers
PRESIDENTKim Armstrong, BSN, RNC, OlallaVICE PRESIDENTTim Davis, BSN, RN, Mt. VernonSECRETARY/TREASURERStasia Warren, MSN, RN, SpokaneDIRECTORS-AT-LARGEEd Dolle, RN, Port OrchardPam Pasquale, MN, RN, BC, CNE, WenatcheeJean Pfeifer, BSN, RN, KirklandVee Sutherlin, MEd, BSN, RN, Nine Mile FallsJudith Turner, RN, Fo IslandCHAIR, PROFESSIONAL NURSING& HEALTH CARE COUNCILSharon Bradley, MSN, RN, SpokaneCHAIR, LEGISLATIVE &HEALTH POLICY COUNCILSusan E Jacobson, RN, CCRN, YakimaCHAIR, CABINET ON ECONOMIC& GENERAL WELFAREJeanne Avey, RN, LongviewExECUTIVE DIRECTORJudith A. Huntington, MN, RNDIRECTOR, NURSING PRACTICE, EDUCATION &RESEARCHSally Watkins, PhD, MS, RNEDUCATION SPECIALISTHilke Faber MN, RN, FAANDIRECTOR, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,COMMUNICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPAnne Tan PiazzaCONTRACT LOBBYISTTamara WarnkeWEB & COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTBen TildenDIRECTOR, LABOR RELATIONSBarbara E. Frye, BSN, RNASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LABOR RELATIONSDarlene Delgado, RNGENERAL/CORPORATE COUNSELTimothy Sears, JDGENERAL COUNSELLinda Machia, JDMichael Sanderson, JDECONOMIC AND GENERAL WELFARE STAFFStacie Addison, BS, RNDebbi Bessmer, BSN, RNKate Boyle, RNJan Bussert, BSN, RNMargaret Conley, ARNP, RNJim Favre, RNCarmen Garrison BSN, RNChristine Himmelsbach, MN, RNKathi Landon, RNPat McClure, RNDeborah Neiman, RNRosie Tillotson, MSN, RNHanna Welander, BSN, RNBUSINESS AGENT & SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORDeb Weston
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Issue 37, No. 4
The Washington Nurse
In Focus
by Kim Armstrong, BSN,RNWSNA President
It was whatwe had to do.
In the mid to late 90’s, like-minded StateNurses Associations across the nationhad a vision. Tat vision was a NationalNurses’ Union, within the House o Labor and with close ties to ANA. Ourvision was o a Union which wouldorganize and be on site immediately tosupport nurses in need. Ater years o discussions and much debate, the UANwas ‘born’ in 2000. Shortly ater thistime, the UAN, through the eorts o the ANA, received a Charter to the AFL-CIO. We all celebrated. Our Union wasyoung, but had great promise or theuture.But in the ensuing years, things beganto change. Fundamental dierencesbetween the UAN and the State Aliates began to emerge. For example,the state nurses associations, who wereounding members o the UAN, wereno longer members under the UANconstitution adopted in 2004. Terewas little or no communication betweenthe UAN and ounding and aliatedState Nurses Associations except somedirect communication with the Chair o the E&GW, who was expected to speakor the whole state and association.Te State Nurses Association structurewas not only ignored, but denigratedas incorrect and not worthy o theUAN’s consideration. Tere becamea basic dierence o opinion and achallenge as to who we are, as WSNA– how we are structured and how werepresent our members. Tere was noeort to recognize, value, understandor work with our chosen decision-making processes. At WSNA, we haverepresented nurses or CollectiveBargaining since the 1940’s and we havebeen the voice or all o nursing withinWashington State or 100 years.Many within the State Nurses Associations worked endless hoursattempting to educate and advise thesta o the UAN as to the original visiono our National Union and the value o our relationship with the ANA. Terewas little eect. I personally once had aconversation with the Executive Directoro the UAN, concerning stang, basedon acuity and numbers. She assuredme she, as an airline attendant, knewwhat it meant because she too had beenrequested to care or an additional 8-10passengers on the airlines. When Iasked her i one was sel care, anotherwith a trach, another who was diabetic,an ill neonate and on and on, shesimply didn’t have a reply. Tat lack o willingness to learn specics o nursingand to see patients as only numbers isone o the undamental dierences thesta o the UAN never embraced. Tereare others.For those o you who do not rememberthe raids o the 80’s, SEIU raided andstole 50% o our membership. Terewere many reasons why, and rankly,WSNA as an organization learned a greatdeal rom this experience. We rebuiltour membership and nancial stability,but we did so without losing our values,integrity or the ability to speak or thenurses o Washington. Many wouldsay our eeling about SEIU is old news;however, we deal with the organizationin dierent coalitions and in dierentvenues almost daily. Teir mantra hasnot changed.SEIU, as you may or may not know,let the House o Labor, the AFL-CIO,several years ago, and developed acoalition o unions called Change toWin. It is a powerul coalition, withpolitical clout and resources. SEIU isalso a union with completely dierentphilosophical approaches in its belies.For example, while SEIU may state thatthey are a member driven organization,recent actions in Caliornia andelsewhere indicate behaviors quitedierent, where decisions are made atthe national executive level, with themembers and locals then inormedater the act. Even though they wereout o the AFL-CIO House o Labor,the UAN entered into talks with SEIUwhich we were led to believe would leadto a ‘No Raid Agreement.’ In January2006, it was announced to UAN statealiates that a no raid agreement hadbeen obtained. No other details wereshared with State Nurses Associationsat that time. But there was an extensivedocument, signed by the President o theUAN, entitled “A UAN-SEIU Partnership Agreement.” Even though Article 1.E o the UAN Constitution mandates that“Subject to expeditious raticationby the National Labor Assembly (TeNational Labor Assembly is the highestdecision making body o the UAN)at its next regular or special meetingor by ballot, the Executive Councilis empowered to and may enter intoaliation agreements,” this documentwas not brought to the National Labor Assembly the ollowing March 2006. Inact, the State Aliates did not knowo its complete content until a jointmeeting o UAN & SEIU was held inFebruary o 2007! Even then, the UANdidn’t provide the inormation; SEIUprovided the States with the document. At that point and time, your electedrepresentatives and WSNA sta,working in partnerships, set upon a pathto do everything possible to dissuadethe UAN rom urther and more bindingaliations with SEIU, while preservingthe UAN. At the next National Labor Assembly in March o 2007, Resolutions
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