Oklahoma 2020 Book of Reports
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<strong>2020</strong> <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Nurses Association<br />
THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S HEALTH,<br />
OBSTETRICS AND NEONATAL NURSES<br />
Mission: The mission <strong>of</strong> AWHONN is to improve and promote<br />
the health <strong>of</strong> women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ession through delivery <strong>of</strong> superior advocacy, research, education<br />
and other pr<strong>of</strong>essional and clinical resources to nurses and other health<br />
care pr<strong>of</strong>essionals.<br />
AWHONN’s Purpose & Values<br />
Core Purpose: AWHONN is an organization <strong>of</strong> nurses committed to the health <strong>of</strong> women and<br />
newborns.<br />
Core Values (as expressed in the acronym "CARING")<br />
• Commitment to pr<strong>of</strong>essional and social responsibility<br />
• Accountability for personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional contributions<br />
• Respect for diversity <strong>of</strong> and among colleagues and clients<br />
• Integrity in exemplifying the highest standards in personal and pr<strong>of</strong>essional behavior<br />
• Nursing Excellence for quality outcomes in practice, education, research, advocacy and<br />
management<br />
• Generation <strong>of</strong> Knowledge to enhance the science and practice <strong>of</strong> nursing to improve the health<br />
<strong>of</strong> women and newborns<br />
Become an AWHONN member!<br />
• AWHONN membership is representative <strong>of</strong> over 25,000 nurses in the US and Canada.<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> AWHONN includes over 400 members.<br />
• AWHONN’s many nursing resources include patient education, continuing nursing education,<br />
staff development, perinatal quality measures, annual nursing convention, and evidence-based<br />
practice guidelines such as Women’s Health and Perinatal Nursing Care, Perinatal Staffing, Fetal<br />
Monitoring, and Neonatal Skin Care.<br />
• AWHONN produces Healthy Mom & Baby journal for patients and two nursing journals, Nursing<br />
for Women’s Health and Journal <strong>of</strong> Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN). Both<br />
nursing journals are included with AWHONN membership.<br />
• AWHONN membership entitles you to many resources from the National organization, reduced<br />
registration to the AWHONN Convention each June and <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Section Conference each<br />
April, free continuing education webinars and meetings at <strong>Oklahoma</strong> AWHONN Chapter<br />
events, and the opportunity to be a voice in the care <strong>of</strong> women’s health, obstetric and neonatal<br />
patients in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>.<br />
AWHONN <strong>Oklahoma</strong> holds an annual nursing conference. Over 150<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> nurses meet each April at the conference to learn, network and<br />
reenergize every year.<br />
For updates and more information, see our <strong>Oklahoma</strong> AWHONN website at<br />
www.awhonnok.org.<br />
2021 <strong>Oklahoma</strong>/Texas<br />
Regional Conference<br />
April 8-10th at WinStar<br />
World Casino & Resort<br />
Thackerville, OK<br />
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