Application for Poster Abstract Submission

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

14th Annual Brinson Foundation Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

Thursday & Friday, April 21 & 22, 2022

8am-12pm

Virtual Microsoft Teams

Nurse researchers, educators, practitioners, administrators and students are encouraged to submit their abstracts for poster presentation reporting on completed research, research in progress and evidence-based practice projects on a wide range of nursing topics.  This year’s theme is:

Unmasking the Pandemic's Impact on Nursing and the Community

We will also be selecting outstanding submissions for awards for:

• Best overall poster
• Best poster submitted by clinical nurses
• Best Interprofessional

Directions:  Download and complete the following application, following instructions in each field.  Applications should be submitted to Drew Nelson (andrew.nelson@nm.org) no later than January 14, 2022

• Submissions must include the following 2 components (sent as separate Microsoft Word attachments):
• Abstract UN-BLINDED
• Abstract BLINDED (names, credentials, affiliations and any other identifying information should be removed)
• APA format should be used
• Abstract: Limit to 500 words; limit to two pages.
• Format: Single-spaced in body; Times New Roman 12 pt. font; Margins 1 inches on left and 1 inch on top, bottom and right.

Acceptance and Presentation:

• Primary presenter will be notified, via email, no later than February 4, 2022.
• It is the responsibility of the primary presenter to contact other co-presenters.
• Registration, including payment of the registration fee for non- NM attendees, for the symposium is required of all attendees, including poster presenters.
• Presenters must be present during the designated time on the virtual event to allow colleagues to ask questions. The presenter can be someone other than the primary author/investigator as long as he/she is an integral part of the project team. 
• By submitting your abstract application you are agreeing to share your contact information as well as a PDF of the final poster for attendees to access

GUIDELINES

*It is important to address each element listed and adhere to the project directions, including word count, or the poster abstract may be not accepted.

Title:  [Limit to 65 characters, UPPER CASE]

Authors:  [last name and credentials of author(s).  Primary author and/or presenter should be listed first]

Contact Information for primary author/presenter: [Name, email (for purpose of attendee questions)]

Purpose:  Including Research question(s) and objectives

Problem and Significance to Nursing:

Design:  [Select from the following]:

• Level I: Experimental, RCT, Systematic review of RCT with or without meta-analysis
• Level II: Quasi-Experimental, Systematic review of a combination of RCT’s and quasi-experimental, or quasi-experimental studies only, with or without meta-analysis.
• Level III: Non-experimental: Descriptive, comparative, correlational, survey, or use of secondary data, or qualitative.
• Level IV: Translational: QI project, opinion of respected authorities and/or nationally recognized expert committees/consensus panels based on scientific evidence.

Theory or Conceptual Framework: (ex. Everett Rogers for translational research. Explain how the theory or conceptual framework supports the project):

Methods: [Include instruments as appropriate.  Tools should include validity and reliability measures]

Analysis or Planned Analysis:

Findings or expected findings:

Conclusions/Recommendations (if available):

Implications: [For nursing practice, administration, education, policy, or future research]