The nurses are fighting their terminations, claiming the firings came only after they spoke with media following the girl's death.
'The union was contacted by these nurses and has field grievances over the terminations and disciplinary actions, arguing that any information accessed pertained directly to the nurses' duties responding to this crisis,' Washington State Nurse Association Director David Keepnews said in a statement to the Spokesman-Review.

A hospital-wide email on the night of Niyimbona's death told staff to refrain from posting about the incident or making any comments on social media, and many staff members said they felt pressured to stay quiet, according to Cascade PBS.
The nurses had reportedly expressed concern to hospital management for the young girl's safety but had been ignored.
'That's where this frustration and feeling of helplessness is really coming from,' one of Niyimbona's nurses told the outlet.
'We did try to speak up. We did try to say, "This isn't safe. We cannot take away the security because she's going to hurt herself."'
The nurses are fighting their terminations, claiming the firings came only after they spoke with media following the girl's death

The nurses are fighting their terminations, claiming the firings came only after they spoke with media following the girl's death
A former nurse of the children's psychiatric unit, Kaili Timperley, added to the outlet: 'We said this is what was going to happen. We said their plan was not an adequate plan.
'You can't just put these kids in a medical room and expect everything to be ok. It's why we tried to fight against it and get the word out.'
Niyimbona had been moved to the hospital's general pediatrics unit from the ER, where two rooms had been converted into new psychiatric beds.
The rooms reportedly lacked proper safety measures that the shuttered unit had, including locked doors that make it harder for patients to leave without alerting staff.