Call for Papers
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 11-15, 2016)
Call for Voluntary Presentations: General Overview
TEST The 2016 AWHONN Program Committee seeks volunteer presenters for the Annual Convention to be held June 11-15, 2016 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. 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 73-75% have 15 or more years of experience and 38-46% have a master's 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. For those interested in this opportunity have five application options available. All applications must be submitted via our Speaker Management System.
The goal of the 2016 AWHONN Annual Convention is to motivate nurses to embrace their power and lead change.
At conclusion of the convention, learners will be able to:
- Recognize personal strengths and resilience to thrive in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- Expand capacity to promot evidence-based care in all practice settings.
- Develop professional strategies and tactics to improve outcomes for women, newborns, and nursing.
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 250 words in length.
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- Specialty Sessions: Sixty or ninety minute oral presentations on topics related to convention goal and objectives. The talk may consist of an in-depth examination of a clinical problem or practice, a review of best practice on a selected topic or a detailed discussion of a professional issue. It is not necessarily original research.
- Research Study Presentations (Papers or Posters): Posters or 30 minute oral presentations on completed research conducted by the submitters. Research papers and posters are original. Research abstracts start with a problem and include the following elements:objective (problem statement or research hypothesis); design; setting; sample; methods; results (data analysis); and conclusion/implications for nursing practice. All researchers must have completed the data analysis stage before submission of the abstract, with research outcomes clearly described.
Applicants can indicate their preference to present as a paper or a poster. Only those with speaking experience should select "paper." If the paper is not selected for oral presentation, applicants can indicate their willingness to present it as a poster.
- Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Projects (Papers or Posters): Posters or 30 minute oral presentations on data-driven quality improvement projects conducted by the submitters. Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Projects start with an improvement related study question, base-line data, and include the following components: objective, design, sample, methods, implementation strategies, results, conclusions/implications for nursing practice. All researchers must have completed the data analysis stage before submission of the abstract, with research outcomes clearly described.
Applicants can indicate their preference to present as a paper or a poster. Only those with speaking experience should select "paper." If the paper is not selected for oral presentation, applicants can indicate their willingness to present it as a poster.
- 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 that address challenges in women's health, obstetric and neonatal nursing practice, education or administration. Submissions must include the following elements: purpose of the innovative program (what you wanted to achieve through implementation); proposed change; implementation, outcomes and evaluation; and implications for nursing practice.
Applicants can indicate their preference to present as a paper or a poster. Only those with speaking experience should select "paper". If the paper is not selected for oral presentation, applicants can indicate their willingness to present it as a poster.
- Case Study Presentations (Posters Only): Poster presentation of in-depth study and analysis of actual complex patient care cases or practice situations that posed unique nursing challenges. Cases must include the following elements: background; importance of the subject matter and specific purpose of the report; case: summary of pertinent features of the clinical findings, important laboratory abnormalities, interdisciplinary interventions, and outcome; and conclusion/implications for nursing practice reflective of current evidence-based research.
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 requirements.
Submission Deadline:
Abstracts are due no later than 11:59 PM Thursday, September 10, 2015 (Eastern time).
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