New Hampshire Section AWHONN:  Goals 2010

Mission:

Goals:

1. Support National AWHONN standards/guidelines for practice

2. Inform RNs about issues important to the health of women and newborns

Supporting activities, utilizing local, regional, and national faculty:

• Fetal monitoring programs

• STABLE

• Post-anesthesia care for the Caesarean-delivered woman

• Other programs as identified

3. Grow and maintain AWHONN membership

Supporting activities:

• Offer student rates and encourage student participation in selected programs

• Monthly e-mails to membership from Membership Coordinator

• Web page updates every other month

• E-newsletter on web page

• Basic fetal monitoring for nurses new to OB

• Coordinating team member at every education program to promote AWHONN

4. Provide and support education to practitioners working in various health care settings

Supporting activities:

• Offer programs throughout the region, with attention to regional need and geographical distribution

• Expand target audience in community settings outside of the hospital, such as VNA RNs/staff, office and/or clinic-based RNs/staff

• NH Breastfeeding Task Force annual conference

5. Promote professional growth of individual nurse

Supporting activities:

• Coordinating team structure of planning and professionalism

• Awarding of two free AWHONN memberships a year

• Highlight accomplishments of RNs in NH communities