AWHONN’s mission is to improve and promote the health of women and newborns and to strengthen the nursing profession through the delivery of superior advocacy, research, education and other professional and clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals.

AWHONN proudly possesses the following Core Values as expressed in the acronym "CARING".

• Commitment to professional and social responsibility
• Accountability for personal and professional contributions
• Respect for diversity of and among colleagues and clients
• Integrity in exemplifying the highest standards in personal and professional behavior
• Nursing Excellence for quality outcomes in practice, education, research, advocacy and management
• Generation of Knowledge to enhance the science and practice of nursing to improve the health of women & newborns

For further details, go to www.awhonn.org