Looking for a way to advance your career? Need to make your resume more competitive? Want to take advantage of an opportunity to interact with students, researchers and practitioners to present your new and innovative work and to obtain feedback from an international audience of your peers in an informal setting? Consider submitting an abstract.

 

Abstracts are being accepted now through11:59 PM HST on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 for the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA)36th Annual National Convention which will be held from July 22-26 atthe Hilton Hawaiian Village (Honolulu, HI). Submit your abstract today!

 

Abstract Categories

 

Chapter Best Practices: showcase a successful project or program that your PNAA chapter has accomplished in the past year

 

Clinical/Evidence-Based Practice: issues, application of products, programs, trends in patient care, nursing-sensitive patient outcomes, and/or use of research findings and/or best evidence with nursing clinical practice or research implications

 

Education: educational programs and issues (may be based in service or academia and patient or nurse focused)

 

Research Study: in progress or completed nursing research studies. Please note: Research can include studies from administration/leadership development, clinical/evidence-based practice, and education.

 

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

 

1. All abstracts must be submitted electronically through the Philippine Nurses Association of America website at www.myPNAA.org.

2. The components of the abstract are divided into sections to help authors verify that they have included all the required information based upon the scoring criteria. Authors are encouraged to write the abstract in a word processing file (e.g. MS Word).

3. The final abstract (body of abstract) must be no more than 300 words (excluding the title and authors’ names). Check the word count of your abstract (excluding the title and authors’ names) in a word processing program prior to sending.

4. The abstract submission will not be reviewed unless all required fields are completed.

5. To ensure consistent, high-quality content, all abstracts must be organized into the required format based upon the abstract category.

6. The abstract title should clearly indicate the nature of the subject. Acronyms should not be used in the title and should be written out on first mention. A quantifiable objective must be submitted and the body of the abstract should be in paragraph form, using complete sentences, and avoiding special characters. Abstracts should have all funding sources written out completely if applicable.

7. If the work is in progress, include all planned methods, projected sample size, analyses, and timeline.

8. For abstracts with more than one author, the presenting author will be considered the contact person.

9. Abstracts MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM HST on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.

 

Abstract Headings