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Abstract Review Criteria
- Relevance to conference goal(s)
- Scientific merit, including appropriateness of research methods
- Overall contribution to the body of nursing knowledge
- Clarity of abstract, including, but not limited to comprehensiveness and readability
Elements of Research Abstracts
Section Character Limit (2,500 overall) Section 300 Purpose: State the intent or goal of the research. 500 Background/Significance: Describe the knowledge base you are building on, and the importance of the research goal. This section should also include hypotheses or research aims. 700 Methods: Identify the research design, sample, instruments, data collection procedures, and analytic approach used. 700 Results: Describe findings and include actual analytical data. 300 Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Discuss the meaning of the findings and their implications for nursing practice.
TRACK 2: INNOVATION and TECHNOLOGY
Innovative and Technology track abstracts should focus on non-traditional or "out-of-the-box" strategies or technological advances that affect nurses and/or interprofessional team members in any healthcare practice setting and are futuristic in approach. Such strategies must relate to the conference topic areas and directly address nursing quality and/or some aspect of nursing quality data; management of work environment (i.e. nurse staffing, governance models); innovation in delivery and coordination of nursing care services aimed toward improvement of patient outcomes; interprofessional approaches to improving patient care outcomes; or leveraging technology to enhance nursing care delivery. The innovation or technology may be oriented to administrative or staff level approaches and should highlight creative methods used to enhance outcomes in one or all of the following areas:
Abstract Review CriteriaAbstracts must include a description of the innovation or technology; its organizational history and implementation; nurses', team members', and patients' responses to the innovation or technology; effectiveness of the strategy; and implications for broader implementation into professional practice.
- Relevance to conference goal(s)
- Comprehensive description of the creative, unique, or innovative strategy or technology
- Rigor of evaluation of response to the innovation or technology
- Clarity of abstract, including, but not limited to comprehensiveness and readability
Elements of Innovation and Technology Abstracts
Section Character Limit (2,500 overall) Section 300 Purpose: Identify the innovative strategy or technology and overall goal impacting nurses 500 Relevance/Significance: Describe the relevance to the conference goals, the importance of the quality/performance/work issue, and reasons why the innovation/technology was needed 1000 Strategy and Implementation: Describe the innovation or technology and the process of implementation. 400 Evaluation: Describe analytic findings and include actual evaluation data demonstrating success. 300 Implications for Practice: Discuss specific implications for nursing practice.
Abstract Review Criteria
- Relevance to conference goal(s)
- Rigor of evaluation of nursing practice improvement
- Evidence of relevance to contemporary or future nursing practice
- Clarity of abstract, including, but not limited to comprehensiveness and readability
Elements of Practice Abstracts
Section Character Limit (2,500 overall) Section 300 Purpose: Identify the overall goal of the practice initiative. 500 Relevance/Significance: Describe the initiative�s relevance and importance in context of the conference goal(s). 1000 Strategy and Implementation: Describe the practice actions and the process of implementation. 400 Evaluation: Describe analytic findings and include actual evaluation data demonstrating the value of the practice change (success or failure). 300 Implications for Practice: Discuss specific implications for nursing practice.
Abstract Review Criteria
- Relevance to conference goal(s)
- Rigor of evaluation of nurse work environment improvement
- Evidence of relevance to contemporary or future nursing practice
- Clarity of abstract, including, but not limited to comprehensiveness and readability
Elements of Work Environment Abstracts
Section Character Limit (2,500 overall) Section 300 Purpose: Identify the overall goal of the work environment initiative. 500 Relevance/Significance: Describe the initiative�s relevance and importance in context of the conference goal(s). 1000 Strategy and Implementation: Describe the actions and the process of implementation. 400 Evaluation: Describe analytic findings and include actual evaluation data demonstrating the impact of the change in the work environment (success or failure). 300 Implications for Practice: Discuss specific implications for nursing.
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