CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

ANA Quadrennial Policy Conference

Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster
June 20-22, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia

The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday, February 21, 2007

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSED

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

The American Nurses Association is hosting its inaugural quadrennial policy conference, Nursing Care in Life, Death and Disaster,scheduled for June 20-22, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. To receive a complete conference brochure as soon as it’s available, please e-mail: meetings@ana.org.

This major policy conference is dedicated to considering the significant health and disaster preparedness questions related to an altered standard of care that can result from a major natural or manmade disaster. During a major disaster, registered nurses and other health professionals must make difficult decisions in light of the disaster’s context that challenge the established scopes and standards of care, professional ethical codes, and other legal and regulatory frameworks that articulate the expected standard of care during a non-emergency situation. This conference will inform the nursing profession, policy makers, government and other disaster planners and responders regarding reconciliation of the professional, legal and regulatory conflicts of a diminished standard of care and promote better decision-making that will improve patient outcomes and quality of care provided during a major disaster.

Poster abstracts are being sought to address the following conference goals:

Examine how current nursing standards of care might be altered in response to a disaster in order to save as many lives as possible.
Describe the key areas of risk to patients if standards are altered in whole or in part.
Describe institutional and individual action that can reduce risk to patients during a period when standards of care must be altered for emergency purposes.
Identify what guidance about alterations in standards of care would be of benefit to institutions employing registered nurses.
Identify guidance about alterations in standards of care needed by individual registered nurses as a part of preparedness planning and education.
Direct individual registered nurses to resources for planning emergency and disaster response preparedness.

Proposals must be submitted online. All correspondence will be conducted via email with the primary contact person, so please submit a valid email address. The primary contact person is responsible for communication with other co-submitters and ensuring that copyright laws are not violated. Submission of proposal indicates your commitment to participate in the conference. All poster presenters must register for the conference. Poster presenters are expected to assume costs related to travel, accommodations and registration. The poster abstracts will be reviewed by a peer-review committee. Poster presenters will be notified by March 15, 2007 and, if selected, will be notified of deadlines for additional submission information.

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

The title of your presentation
The conference goals addressed – see (1) through (6) above.
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)
A vested interest declaration (disclosing any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with one or more 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 a word processor and that you check grammar and spelling and word count before submitting the abstract. Please do not include in this abstract the title of the presentation. Information about the poster authors should not be included. This data will be entered elsewhere in the submission forms. The text of your abstract may not contain more than 500 words, and it must include the following:

Research Poster Presentation

Objective
Sample
Method
Results
Conclusions
Implications

Practical Programmatic Applications Poster Presentation

Purpose
Target Audience
Objectives
Program Description
Implications for practice

Educational Applications Poster Presentation

Purpose
Target Audience
Objectives
Program Description
Implications for practice and/or educational curricula

Submissions Closed

Once you have submitted the title of your presentation you will automatically receive an email that includes a password-protected hyperlink. If you must interrupt the submission process before finishing it, you can resume at any time by clicking on the hyperlink in that email. For help in submitting an abstract online, email Tech Support.

Abstract submissions and revisions are no longer being accepted.

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Abstract ID# Password

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