Call for Papers

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

National Data Use Conference
January 30-31, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada

The deadline for abstract submission was October 7, 2006

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSED

The deadlines to enter new abstracts and to edit existing abstracts have been reached.

The American Nurses Association is hosting the inaugural annual National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®) data use conference on January 30-31, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Flamingo Hotel. To receive a complete conference brochure as soon as it’s available, please e-mail: meetings@ancc.org or visit www.nursingworld.org/quality/conference/.

NDNQI® has been a leader in collecting nursing-sensitive indicators at the unit level since 1998. The database collects structure, process and outcome indicators from 1,000 participating hospitals throughout the United States. This unique conference provides the opportunity to:

Discover how hospitals use NDNQI reports to improve the quality of nursing care
Identify the latest research on how nurse staffing affects patient outcomes
Describe the latest mandates for public reporting initiatives
Receive training in the newest data collection practices for nursing-sensitive indicators
Identify cost savings achieved with quality improvement

Proposals are being sought for presentations or posters in the following topic areas:

Using Quality Indicators to Achieve Quality Improvement
Evidence Based Practices
The Business Case for Quality
Improving RN Satisfaction and Retention
Public Reporting and Nursing Sensitive Indicators
Strategies for Implementing and Maintaining Effective Indicator Data Collection

Proposals must be submitted online. All correspondence will be conducted via email with the primary contact person, so please submit a valid e-mail address. The primary contact person is responsible for communication with other faculty and ensuring that copyright laws are not violated. Submission of a proposal indicates your commitment to be in the program. All presenters must register for the conference. Presenters are expected to assume costs related to travel, accommodations and registration. The proposals will be reviewed by a peer-review committee. Presenters will be notified by October 31, 2006 and, if selected, will be notified of deadlines for the submission of handouts and other details.

The submission forms will require you to enter the following information:

The title of your presentation
The conference goals addressed – see (a) through (e) above.
The topic area -- see (1) through (6) above
Preferred format -- oral, poster, or either
Appropriate track (educational, leadership, research, or other)
Target audience (Nurse Executives, CEOs, NDNQI Site Coordinators, Financial Officers, Quality Improvement Professionals, Educators, Researchers, or other)
Name, address, and email for each person; and phone number for the presenter
Biographical data (job title and description of present position; institution, major, and graduation date for each degree earned; and a brief description of work experience) and a 150-word introduction for the presenter
A vested interest declaration for the presenter (disclosing any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with one or more of the corporate organizations offering financial support or educational grants for continuing nursing education activity)
The text of your abstract

Abstract Text Guidelines:

You must submit a 250-500 word abstract. We recommend that you draft this abstract using your own word processor, and that you check grammar and spelling and word count before submitting it online. Please do not include in this abstract the title of the presentation. Neither should you include any information about the presenter or other authors of the proposal, since that data will have already been entered elsewhere in the submission forms. The text of your abstract may not contain more than 500 words, and it must include the following:

for Research sessions:

Objective
Sample
Method
Results
Conclusions
Implications

for Educational/Leaderships sessions:

2 educational objectives
Purpose
Description of how the session will
provide relevant and current knowledge
Summary of presentation
Implications for practice

Submissions Closed

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