A Washington state senator criticized for her comments about downtime for nurses has agreed to shadow a 12-hour shift and apologized for what she said on the Senate floor last week. See Walsh's full ...

A state senator in Washington who last week suggested that nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” has now said she would shadow a nurse for 12 hours. The state senator, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Washington state lawmaker who angered nurses by saying some may spend a lot of time playing cards in rural hospitals wishes she could reel that comment back in. State Sen. Maureen ...

CNN — In a span of three days, nearly 650,000 nurses signed a petition to get Washington state Sen. Maureen Walsh to walk in their shoes for a day. And she's accepted the challenge. The Republican ...