2008 Perioperative Nurses Association of Qld Annual Connference

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Call for Presentation Abstracts

The aim of the conference, entitled "The Magical World of Perioperative Nursing”" is to enable delegates to share information about highest standards within our work environments. It will be a forum for sharing and exchanging knowledge, expertise and experience. Nurses new to this area of advanced nursing will find support from colleagues whilst they are in the process of developing their roles and practice. Experienced nurses are invited to share with their colleagues and novices to advance the Perioperative field and to enhance patient care.

Abstract Topics

Abstracts related to striving for best practice within Perioperative Nursing are invited for the following themes (but are not limited to);

1. Research
2. Clinical Practice (surgical, anaesthetics, CSSD, PACU, Day Surgery)
3. Education
4. Leadership

Presentation Length

Papers selected should be suitable for a 12 minute presentation with an additional allocation of 3 minutes for questions & answers.

Submission Deadline

Please return abstracts together with the Presenter Profile (Abstract Cover Sheet) no later than 1700 EST on Friday 24 October 08. Abstracts received after this date will not be accepted.

Please Note

All selected presenters must register for the conference to be eligible to present. The conference committee regrets that it is unable to meet any travel or reimbursement of expenses incurred. All presenters will be entitled to the Early Bird Rate.

Notification to Authors

All abstract submissions will be judged by the conference committee and you will be notified by mail of the committee's decision by Friday 31 October 2008.

Abstract Submission

1. Follow the General Guidelines above
2. Download Abstract Coversheet
3. All photographs and diagrams must be embedded within the abstract
4. Submit completed coversheet and abstract as attachments in Microsoft Word to your email

Submission Format

Presentations must be written in English and emailed to 2008pnaq@tayloredimages.com.au. Abstracts can be submitted via email only as a word document with an accompanying presenter profile attached. The abstract should be no more than 250 words in length, 12 point Arial font.

 

General Guidelines

The abstract should provide sufficient information to allow the reader to assess fully the aims, methods, results and implications of the work undertaken. Each submission must be original work that has not been published previously. The abstract should include the following sections:

• Introduction - the purpose of the study and a brief overview of relevant literature / current state of research in the field
• Methods - a short explanation of data collection and processing
• Results - presented in the form of text, graphics or tables
• Discussion - major findings and conclusions from the work including implications for further research

It is important that methods and results are clearly defined in the abstract; therefore, general statements such as "results will be presented" are not acceptable. When a procedure or method is stated to have "advantages", those advantages should be defined. Abstracts that simply summarise results without defining objectives and methods are equally undesirable.

Layout

• Abstracts must be written within a 160mm x 245mm rectangular space on an A4 page (210mm x 297mm)
• Portrait orientation
• Margins are all to be 25mm
• Text should be left-justified and single spaced
• Font should be Arial typeface and 12 point character size

Title & Author

At the beginning of the abstract please include within the rectangular space described previously and each on a new line:

• The title (upper case)
• The name(s) of the author(s) - please omit university degrees and titles
• Affiliation(s), city and country - please omit street address and postcode
• Leave one line before commencing the body of the text

Section Headings & Paragraphs

• The title of each section is to be in uppercase bold and left justified
• Leave a 6-space indentation at the beginning of each new paragraph
• Graphs, tables and references may be used throughout the abstract but must remain within the defined one-page limit

Figures & Tables

• Each figure and table is to be numbered and have a short caption
• Figures and tables must be referred to in the text
• Figures, tables and their captions must remain within the defined text limits

References

• Minimise the number of references
• References are to be assigned a number after the appropriate detail e.g. Jones (1), technique (2 - 4,6). List references at the end of the abstract according to the style - 1. Author, A.N. and Other, A.N., Title of Paper, Journal, vol: pp-pp, year.