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AWHONN New Mexico
has always been a "small but mighty", dynamic, recognized
group of nurses, composed entirely of volunteers, true professionals
who represent all of you. Nurses from our state have published
in national journals, have been contributors or authors of
AWHONN publications. They have given classes as fetal monitor
instructors for AWHONN's Principles and Practices in Fetal
Monitoring, and are instructor-trainers for the AWHONN program.
We have had New Mexicans on national committees, the AWHONN
Board of Directors, and Nan Twigg, former Executive Director
of the State Board of Nursing, was national AWHONN secretary-treasurer.
Albuquerque was the site of the most successful 13 state regional
meeting (District VIII) meeting. All in all, AWHONN New Mexico
is a successful, important part of the AWHONN national structure,
and it is only through the efforts of our volunteer members
that we can stay that way!
GENERATIONS OF CARING . . .
The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and
Neonatal Nurses is a not for profit association of 22,000
health care professionals in the United States, Canada and
abroad who are dedicated to establishing and promoting the
highest standards of nursing practice. AWHONN members
practice in a variety of settings such as hospitals, home
health agencies, physician’s offices, universities or
public health agencies and perform a variety of roles in the
care of women and newborns. They are staff nurses, nurse midwives,
nurse practitioners, professors, nurse scientists, administrators,
managers and entrepreneurs. It is this rich diversity of skills,
settings, and experience that makes AWHONN the leading association
dedicated to the of health women and newborns.
Women’s Health
As women live longer and look to prevent chronic disease and
debilitation, AWHONN is committed to providing nurses with
topical resources that enhance their practice and ensure healthy
patient outcomes. Through research based practice projects,
clinical publications, and continuing education programs,
AWHONN addresses health issues across the life span such as
incontinence, osteoporosis, and menopause. A key component
of AWHONN’s program is reproductive health. AWHONN publications
and programs address such issues as limited ultrasound, perinatal
education, critical care intrapartum nursing, perinatal home
care, postpartum depression, and management of preterm labor.
AWHONN’s renowned Fetal Heart Monitoring Principles and
Practices program not only provides thousands of nurses the
critical skills necessary to correctly perform fetal assessment,
but also offers members the opportunity to become instructors,
enhancing their skills and their marketability.
Newborn Health
By advocating longer newborn hospital stays, AWHONN recognizes
that newborns and families need care, assistance, education
and training in the days following a birth. AWHONN’s
neonatal nursing guidelines, Core Curriculum Neonatal Intensive
Care book, and research based practice project on transitioning
the infant to the open crib are excellent examples of AWHONN’s
influence on neonatal nursing and its commitment to quality
newborn health. In addition, AWHONN’s fourth research-based
practice project, Neonatal Skin Care, has generated data on
more than 3,000 newborns and is providing valuable new information
on how to best care for newborns' delicate skin. In partnership
with the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, RBP4 has
offered many of AWHONN’s neonatal nurses the opportunity
to actively participate in this investigative process.
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