The 2011 AWHONN Program Committee seeks volunteer presenters for the Annual Convention to be held June 25-29, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. AWHONN is the leading professional association for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns. Our members include neonatal nurses, women’s health nurses, OB-GYN and labor and delivery nurses, nurse researchers and educators, nurse executives and managers, childbirth educators, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives. Our national conference draws over 3,000 attendees of whom 75% have 15 or more years of experience and 46% have a masters degree or higher. Presenting at AWHONN ensures that your talk, research, case studies or innovative programs will be heard or viewed by a highly skilled, sophisticated and influential body of nurses. Those interested in this opportunity have four application options available. All applications must be submitted via our Speaker Management System.

The goal of the 2011 AWHONN Annual Convention is to inspire, lead, and forge new directions in the care of women and newborns.

At conclusion of the conference, participants will be able to:

• 1. Design evidence-based solutions for diverse practice settings.
• 2. Develop a personal and professional leadership path.
• 3. Disseminate knowledge to create and sustain quality outcomes.

If you need help deciding in which category to submit or have other questions about the process, please see the FAQ for Voluntary Presenters. Click on the title of the category for more detailed information and specific criteria.

1. Specialty Sessions: Sixty or ninety minute oral presentations on topics related to convention goal and objectives. The talk may consist of a literature review or an in-depth examination of a clinical problem, best practice or professional issue. It is not necessarily original research. AWHONN seeks to ensure that all educational programming is free of commercial bias and under no circumstances should the submission include promotion of a product or service. Abstracts may not exceed 400 words in length and are due no later than 11:59 PM, September 7, 2010 (EST). Examples of abstracts accepted for presentation as specialty sessions in the past include:
   • - Innovations in the Diagnosis and Management of Overactive Bladder
   • - What to Do When You Find Yourself in a Puddle of Blood
   • - Yes, Oxygen is Really a Drug: Oxygen Use in the Neonate
   • - Clinical Information System Implementation: Tips and Tricks

2. Research Presentations (Papers or Posters): Posters or 30 minute oral presentations on completed research or evidence-based practice projects conducted by the submitters. Research papers and posters are original. Research abstracts start with a problem and include the following elements: a relevant problem statement and hypothesis; conceptual framework if applicable and literature review; methodology; and data analysis and interpretation. An evidence-based practice project or translational research is evaluative research on the adoption of evidence-based guidelines into practice. All research must have completed the data analysis stage before submission of the abstract, with research outcomes evident. Applicants can indicate their preference to present as a paper or a poster. If the paper is not selected for oral presentation, applicants can indicate their willingness to have it considered for poster presentation. AWHONN seeks to ensure that all educational programming is free of commercial bias and under no circumstances should the submission include promotion of a product or service. Abstracts may not exceed 400 words in length and are due no later than 11:59 PM, September 7, 2010 (EST). Examples of abstracts accepted for presentation as research papers or posters in the past include:
   • - Emancipated Decision-making in Women’s Health: Are Women Really Choosing to have a Cesarean Birth?
   • - Temperature Control in the Late Preterm Infant: A Comparison of Thermoregulation Following Two Bathing Techniques
   • - Predictors of HPV Vaccination Intent Among Urban, Economically Disadvantaged Young Women

3. Innovative Program Paper Presentations (Papers or Posters): Posters or 30 minute oral presentations on innovative programs implemented in a variety of practice settings. These are newly created and implemented programs which address challenges in women’s health, obstetric and neonatal nursing practice, education or administration. Submissions must include discussion of program outcomes. Applicants can indicate their preference to present as a paper or a poster. If the paper is not selected for oral presentation, applicants can indicate their willingness to have it considered for poster presentation. AWHONN seeks to ensure that all educational programming is free of commercial bias and under no circumstances should the submission include direct of a product or service. Abstracts may not exceed 400 words in length and are due no later than 11:59 PM, September 7, 2010 (EST). Examples of abstracts accepted for presentation as innovative program papers and posters in the past include:
   • - Implementing Nurse to Nurse Bedside Report in the Birth Center
   • - Strategies to Promote Heart Health in Women: Community Health Education and Promotion Utilizing Social Marketing
   • - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS): An Innovative Outpatient Program with Exceptional Results
   • - A Collaborative Approach for the Identification and Treatment of Obstetrical Hemorrhage

4. Case Study Presentations (Paper or Posters): Posters or 30 minute oral presentations of in-depth study and analysis of actual complex patient care cases or practice situations which pose unique nursing challenges. Cases must include an overview of the problem, discussion of interdisciplinary intervention, patient or practice outcomes, lessons learned and implications for future practice reflective of current evidence-based practice. Case write-ups must not contain identifying information or in any way violate HIPAA regulations. The case under discussion cannot be under current litigation. Presenters must confirm in the written submission that they have complied with these guidelines. AWHONN seeks to ensure that all educational programming is free of commercial bias and under no circumstances should the submission include promotion of a product or service. Abstracts may not exceed 400 words in length and are due no later than 11:59 PM, September 7, 2010 (EST). Examples of case study abstracts accepted as posters or papers in the past include:
   • - Q Fever-Development of a Multidisciplinary Plan of Care for the Pregnant Patient
   • - Hello Trauma Team? HELPP! Our OB Patient’s Liver Ruptured!
   • - Palliative Care in the NICU: A Case Study
   • - Beating the Odds: Survival after an Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Please click below to start your abstract submission:

CASE STUDY

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2010

INNOVATIVE PROGRAM

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2010

LEADERSHIP STAFFING SUMMIT

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2011

RESEARCH PROGRAM

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2010

SPECIALTY SESSION

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2010

Presenting authors will be automatically informed of the unique ID numbers and passwords assigned to their abstracts. Abstracts may be viewed and modified at any time between submission and the deadline, using the assigned ID# and password.

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