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Welcome to the ARN Abstract Submission Web Site
ARN is pleased to announce the call for papers, posters, and case studies for our 2008 annual conference, "Building Bridges Coast to Coast", October 1-4, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.
General Submission Topics
We strongly encourage all members to submit abstracts in the following areas:
- Administration
(staffing/documentation)
- Bariatrics
- Bowel or Bladder Management
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Case/Care Management
- Complementary/Alternative Therapies
- Care of the Geriatric Patient
- Health Promotion
- Neurological disease management
- Orthopaedics
- Pain Management
- Patient Safety
- Patient or Staff Education
- Pediatrics
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- Polytrauma (burns, wounds, amputation
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation in the Community
- Use of restraints or successful
alternatives
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
- Subacute/Skilled Nursing/Long Term Care Issues
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Team Building/Interprofessional collaboration/Staff development
- Technology/Computers/Internet use in
patient care or documentation
- Wound Care
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Presentation Formats
Papers: Authors of selected abstracts will have 20 minutes to orally present their paper.
Posters: A visual presentation. Authors/designees should be present during poster exhibition sessions for questions from participants.
Case Studies: Case studies should reflect advanced clinical nursing practice in a rehabilitation setting and demonstrate implementation of creative, innovative, and/or evidence-based solutions to a complex patient care problem. Authors of selected abstracts will have 30 minutes to describe a specific clinical problem or issue, present the problem, generate discussion about various possible solutions, then present the solution implemented and outcome. In order to invite audience participation, abstract submissions for case studies must include two questions the authors will pose to the audience.
All abstracts must be submitted by April 1, 2008.
You may revise your abstract at any time up until the submission deadline. You will receive a confirming email upon submission, giving you and your co-authors the password-protected URL for the abstract.
All information that you enter on the abstract form will appear in the conference materials exactly as you have typed it. Thus, we strongly recommend that you draft the body of your abstract offline in a word processing document. After you have checked for any spelling and grammatical errors, and verified that your word count falls within the 220 word limit, you can easily copy-and-paste that text from your word processor into the online form.
Avoidance of Commercialism
All presentations must avoid commercialism. Presentations that constitute promotion and advertising (including the use of logos) will not be considered. If the cost of any presentation has been underwritten to any extent, a clear acknowledgment stating the support, identifying the source, and describing the methods for keeping the content unbiased should be included.
Advertising matter that in any way promotes the commercial interest of a particular company, enterprise, or the author(s) may not be distributed or displayed. Statements made in the presentation are the sole responsibility of the author and are not viewed as, or considered representative of, any formal position taken on any product, subject, or issued by ARN.
Review Process
Abstracts undergo an anonymous review by volunteer ARN members selected by the Abstract Coordinators. The 2008 Abstract Coordinators make their final selections based on the results of the initial review. Abstracts that do not fulfill all requirements will not be reviewed.
Review Criteria
Reviews of all research-based abstracts will be based on the following criteria.
- problem is clearly identified;
- theoretical framework is described;
- methodology/design are appropriate
- data analysis is described
- major findings are presented with interpretation; and
- implications for rehabilitation nursing practice
Reviews of all clinical practice/program abstracts will be based on the following criteria.
- relevance and applicability to rehabilitation nursing practice is clearly stated
- clear statement of goal or purpose is described
- specific, accurate concepts or ideas are identified; and
- potential to add new knowledge or solve critical problems in rehabilitation are presented
Reviews of all case study abstracts will be based on the following criteria:
- relevance and applicability to rehabilitation nursing practice is clearly stated;
- a problem related to a complex patient issue is clearly identified
- the two questions are likely to generate discussion of solution options
- potential to add new knowledge or solve critical problems in rehabilitation are presented
Responsibility for Expenses
The ARN Annual Educational Conference gives rehabilitation professionals the opportunity to present their work within an atmosphere of support by peers and national rehabilitation leaders. Presenters are responsible for session expenses such as slides, transparencies, and handouts and for personal expenses such as travel, hotel, and meeting registration fees. Presenters must register for at least the day on which they are scheduled to present.
Notification
Letters of acceptance and non-acceptance will be mailed to the primary presenter in July of 2008.
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