Nursing Research calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Annual Meeting Research Abstracts: National Hemophilia Foundation

The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) is pleased to announce its Call for Research Poster Abstracts for its 64thAnnual Meeting, “Mapping Our Future,” in Orlando, FL, November 8-10, 2012.

We encourage all physicians, researchers, nurses, physical therapists, social workers, chapter organizations and other collaborators engaged in research to submit poster abstracts for the premiere educational conference of the U.S. bleeding disorders community. The submission deadline is Friday, June 8, 2012.

A unique benefit of submitting your research poster abstract is that authors of the highest-rated abstracts will have an opportunity to give an oral presentation of their research during a special session of NHF's Annual Meeting Medical Track for Physicians and Researchers.

Please address general questions to: posterabstract@hemophilia.org or call Zuiho Taniguchi, NHF Program Manager: 212.328.3756 or ztaniguchi@hemophilia.org.

Call for Posters: 14th MS Nurse Workshop

October 9, 2012 Lyon, France

Aim of the course

This is an educational program created to encourage the dissemination of scientific knowledge among nurses working in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS). Disease management in research and clinical practice, with a special emphasis on the nurses’ crucial role, will be reviewed. Management of main signs and symptoms of the disease, such as spasticity, pain, psychosocial distress, cognitive impairment and genitourinary problems will be addressed both from the physician and nurse perspective.

Learning objectives

This course will offer to participants:

Updates on etiologic factors and pathogenetic mechanisms
An overview of diagnostic tools used in patient screening and follow-up
A review of research methodology in MS
Criteria to optimize treatment administration

Target audience

Nurses involved in the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis.

Poster submissions

Serono Symposia International Foundation together with the MS Nurse Steering Committee invites the submission of posters.

Authors are requested to send an abstract of their proposed poster in Word format by e-mail to the following address: serena.dellariccia@seronosymposia.org

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words.

Poster abstract submission deadline: June 15, 2012

Serono Symposia International Foundation and the Workshop moderators - Mrs Eija Luoto and Mrs Amy Perrin Ross - will review the submitted abstracts and select the best posters to be presented during the 14th MS Nurse Workshop Poster Session and for publication on the abstract book to be distributed on-site to all participants.

Accepted poster presentations will be made available on the www.seronosymposia.org website after the workshop.

Poster format guidelines

Posters must be written in English and must include the title of the work, the author’s names, the name of the institution, the city and country.

Posters should be structured with an informative and short “Introduction”, “Material and Methods”, “Results” and “Conclusions”.

Use font size 14, Arial font type and line spacing 1.5.

Accepted posters should be printed in A1 (height: 84 cm, width: 59,4 cm).

Scientific Secretariat

Serono Symposia International Foundation
Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino, 1/b
00187 Rome, Italy

Project manager: Serena Dell’Ariccia
T +39-06-420 413 251 | F +39-06-420 413 677
E-mail: info@seronosymposia.org

Serono Symposia International Foundation is a Swiss Foundation with headquarters in 14, rue du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland

Call for Abstracts: 2013 World Congress for Psychiatric Nurses

Diversity: The People, The Places and The Practice

May 2nd - 4th, 2013 Winnipeg, Canada

Deadline for submission: September 14, 2012

We would like to welcome you to the 2013 World Congress for Psychiatric Nurses! We also would like to extend a warm welcome to the City of Winnipeg, the Province of Manitoba and for some of you, welcome to Canada!

The Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada (RPNC) is proud to sponsor this sixth World Congress for Psychiatric Nurses where knowledge, skills and information can be shared among those people dedicated to working in the mental health field. This biennial conference has grown into a huge success story and we hope you will be able to join us from May 2-4 of 2013.

Our theme for this World Congress is "Diversity: The People, The Places and The Practice". As Canada continues to grow and welcome new practitioners in the field of psychiatric nursing, it has become increasingly important to embrace and acknowledge the differences in how we practice as Registered Psychiatric Nurses. This theme celebrates the many diverse aspects of our profession and the uniqueness each of us bring to practice.

Contact Info:

College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba
1854 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 0G9
Tel: (204) 888-4841 • Fax: (204) 888-8638 • Email: crpnm@crpnm.mb.ca
Web: www.crpnm.mb.ca

2013 Call for Abstracts: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 34th Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care

NAPNAP’s Conference Planning Committee will begin accepting abstracts soon for NAPNAP’s 34th Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care to be held April 17-20, 2013, at the Hilton Orlando, Orlando, FL.  Authors will be asked what makes their session novel or distinguishes it from other similar and/or recent sessions. It may be helpful to review the 2011 Conference Agenda and 2012 Conference Agenda to detemine if your proposed topic is similar to sessions offered in recent years.

Concurrent Educational Sessions - The deadline for submission of concurrent sessions is June 15, 2012. Results will be emailed to submitters in August.

Research - The deadline for submission of Research Projects for Podium and Poster presentation is July 15, 2012. Results will be emailed to submitters in September.

Practice Innovations Posters - The deadline for submission of Practice Innovations for poster presentation is October 1, 2012. Results will be emailed to submitters in November.

Intensive Workshops (IWS) - The deadline for submission of intensive workshops is June 1, 2012. Results will be emailed to submitters in August.

Keynote Sessions NAPNAP accepts applications for KEYNOTE sessions (large sessions meant for the entire conference audience, usually inspirational, humorous, of futuristic) via an online application query process. Unfortunately, queries that come through e-mail or promotional mailings cannot be reviewed. Generic ("canned") topics that do not address the NAPNAP membership specifically are not considered. All applications received are reviewed and remain on file for three years.

NAPNAP's Conference Planning Committee considers the following factors when selecting general session/keynote speakers:

appeal to the NAPNAP audience
relevance to NAPNAP member's learning needs
fit with the conference theme
speaker's ability to attract attendees
speaker fees
speaker's location/potential travel costs

All potential General Session speakers will be reviewed by NAPNAP's Conference Planning Committee annually. Decisions are made annually by August 1st, and only invited speakers will receive notification.

Call for Abstracts: 15th National Mother Baby Nurses Conference

Sponsored by the Academy of Neonatal Nursing and Mother Baby Education

September 5–8, 2012 Chicago, Illinois

The purpose of this conference is to provide current and clinically applicable information for prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care of the mother as well as infant care, both in the hospital and through transition to home. The educational sessions provide information to nurses and other health care professionals who care for the expectant and postpartum mother and her newborn. Specific objectives for each presentation will be listed in the conference program.

We are seeking poster presentations to compliment our line-up of world-class speakers. In keeping with our theme of examining current practice, we invite you to submit a poster abstract. Clinical, case study, and research posters are welcome. The topics for these posters should be relevant to the theme of the conference and the audience of mother baby nurses.

Abstracts for poster presentations are due July 2, 2012. Presenters will be notified by July 16, 2012.
 

Call for Presentations & Posters: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Annual Meeting

March 14 – March 17, 2013 Los Angeles, California

The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting Program Committee invites you to submit a proposal for consideration at the 2013 Annual Meeting to be held in Los Angeles March 14 – March 17, 2013. The AAGP 2013 conference theme focuses on ensuring that geriatric mental health providers have all of the tools and resources they need to ensure state-of-the art care and the highest quality of life for the older individuals whom we serve. We invite you to submit a proposed session, clinical case presentation, or poster for this dynamic and exciting meeting.

There are many venues at the AAGP Annual Meeting that invite innovative and interactive learning targeted towards clinicians, researchers, and educators. Clinicians and investigators in all arenas of geriatric psychiatry, psychology, neurology, medicine, nursing, social work, and other related disciplines are encouraged to submit abstracts of original work for presentation at the AAGP Annual Meeting. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the 2013 AAGP Annual Meeting Program Committee. It is requested that all program proposals include some content on their applicability to clinical practice using an interdisciplinary team approach in order to address care from the perspective of many healthcare disciplines. The Program Committee encourages the involvement of trainees and early career professionals as session presenters. Please consider including an early career clinician or investigator as part of your presenter panel. Additionally, submitters are encouraged to consider any special patient care needs of minority or underserved populations.

Submissions for live symposia or case conferences may be made online at www.AAGPmeeting.org April 16 - June 11, 2012. Submissions for new research posters must be submitted no later than October 1, 2012 and submissions for early investigator posters must be submitted no later than October 15, 2012. In 2012, the Program Committee has added a few, select slots for late-breaking research posters that may be submitted by January 15, 2013.

Final decision of acceptance by the 2013 Annual Meeting Program Committee will be made no later than August 15, 2012; final decision of acceptance of all posters will be made no later than December 1, 2012.

Many people who attend the AAGP Annual Meeting do not attend any other scientific meeting. This is an important venue to present original research, new data, exciting clinical applications, service delivery initiatives, educational activities, and other pioneering work impacting our field today.

Questions? Contact AAGP at 301-654-7850 ext. 105 or meetinginfo@aagponline.org if you have questions regarding the submission criteria or the Annual Meeting.

Call for Abstracts: 45th Annual Educational Meeting of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses

The AANN Annual Meeting Planning Committee is seeking applications to present at the 45th Annual Educational Meeting of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses "Listen, Learn, Lead" on Saturday, March 9 - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 in Charlotte, NC.

Abstract submission deadline is Monday, July 9, 2012 at 11:59 PM (CST). At this time the submission site will be close and no other submissions or edits can be made There will be no exceptions.

Call for Abstracts: American Nurses Association Annual Nursing Quality Conference

ANA 7th Annual Nursing Quality Conference February 6 - 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia

The American Nurses Association is pleased to provide its annual Nursing Quality Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme for this year's conference is Reaching the CORE of Quality.

The deadline to begin or edit an abstract is June 1, 2012.

Call for Papers: Third International Conference on Global Trends in Biomedical Informatics, Research Education and Globalization

Organized by the Department of Health Informatics, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)

It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Third International Conference on Global Trends in Biomedical Informatics, Research Education and Globalization which will take place on November 15th, 2012 in Newark, NJ, USA.

This conference will provide a unique opportunity for disseminating the latest advances, applications and future trends in the area of Biomedical Informatics. The conference will meet the diverse interests of the delegates - from conceptual, theoretical, practical applications to commercialization. It will be the center of action for health informatics professionals to interact with their peers, meet leaders in the field, learn about new products, and see demonstrations from top healthcare systems and services vendors.

We are inviting original, unpublished research manuscripts in the following areas of interest, but not limited to

Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use
Healthcare Outcomes Research
Personalized Medicine, Genetic Testing & Biomarkers
Interoperability and Standards in Healthcare
Public Health Informatics, GIS Applications, Disease Mapping & Surveillance
Clinical Informatics including Decision Support & Intelligent Systems
Healthcare Marketing and Outsourcing
Molecular Imaging & Nanomedicine
Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Healthcare System Intrusion including Bio- and Cyber-Terrorism
Healthcare Disparities Research
Drug Discovery and Clinical Trials
Bio-computations
Nursing Informatics
Modelling and Simulation in Biomedical Research.
Translational Research in Healthcare including Bioinformatics Applications
Controlled Medical Terminologies & Ontologies
Healthcare Quality Research
Intelligent Systems
Mobile devices in Health care
Biomedical Instrumentation, Devices and Signal processing
Telemedicine Applications including Mobile Devices, Health Information Exchange & Service Oriented Architecture for Healthcare

Selected papers will be submitted for publication in the

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics
International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Healthcare Informatics

Highlights of the Conference

State-of-the-Art Overviews by Renowned Experts
Presentation of Scientific and Application Papers
Panel Discussions Exploring Critical Issues of the Day
Demonstrations of Advanced Health Informatics Systems
In-depth Tutorial Sessions in Current State of Art Biomedical Informatics by Eminent Speakers

We are looking forward for your participation to make this event a grand success

Important Deadlines:

Manuscript Submission: September 1, 2012
Decision on Paper Acceptance: September 30, 2012
Submission of Final Manuscript: October 30, 2012

CONTACT DETAILS
Dr. Syed Haque
Chair & Program Director

Ms. Yvonne Rolley
Conference Coordinator
Department of Health Informatics
UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions
65 Bergen Street, Rm.350
Newark, NJ 07107-3001
Phone: 973 972 6871, Fax: 973 972 8540

Call for Presentations: 37th Annual Conference of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing

October 24th, 25th & 26st, 2012 San Francisco, California

Deadline for Submissions: May 30, 2012

Conference Theme: Men in Nursing: Partners and Leaders in Nursing’s Future

The American Assembly for Men in Nursing is currently accepting submissions for oral and poster presentations; panel and round table discussions; and symposia for its annual conference. The AAMN is seeking submissions from a variety of disciplines as well as nursing to present in San Francisco, CA.

Submissions should address one or more of the following conference objectives:

1. Describe leadership strategies to advance gender diversity, inclusion or balance in the nursing workforce
2. Demonstrate partnerships that promote men’s health, practices and outcomes.
3. Identify unique masculine perspectives that add value to nursing
4. Examine methods that can create leadership roles for men in nursing
5. Formulate plans to increase the number of men entering nursing
6. Support nurses to lead change and advance health through strategic planning and partnerships
7. Explore the role of men in nursing from a historical perspective.