Call for Abstracts

• Completed work or projects may be submitted for a poster or a podium presentation. Projects in progress may be submitted as poster presentations only.

• Abstracts may highlight original research, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, or programmatic innovations. 

• Abstracts may have been presented elsewhere or published within the past 12 months but shall be updated to relate specifically to this conference. 

• Presenters are asked to identify any potential conflict of interest related to the content to be offered (e.g., commercial interest, affiliation with a vendor, and/or receipt of royalties) and affirm that their abstract presentations will not be used to sell a particular product or service. AACN exerts the right to rescind the acceptance of an abstract due to any conflict of interest discovered after the fact. 

• Sub-committee members are not eligible to submit to their respective conference. 

• The primary author will be the point of contact for all communication with AACN and is required to share all necessary information with their co-author(s). 

• Primary authors on all accepted abstracts must register for the conference and present the abstract. Co-authors wishing to present with their primary author are required to register for the conference as well.  

• Presenters are responsible for their own expenses, including the conference registration fee, travel, accommodations, and other expenses.

• All abstracts must be submitted electronically through AACN’s submission website by creating an account to upload an abstract.  

• Only a complete submission is eligible for review; ensure that a completed abstract is evident in your submission.  

• A confirmation email will automatically be sent to the email provided for the primary author once the abstract has been fully submitted (see Submission Guidelines Step 7 on how to submit a completed abstract).  

Single Author Submission Instructions:

•  List single author as primary author.

• The primary author is allowed a maximum of one (1) abstract submission per conference.

• The primary author must submit the abstract.

• The primary author is the corresponding author and is the point of contact for all communication with AACN.

• The primary author must indicate their preferred type of presentation format (Podium Presentation or Poster Presentation).

• Abstract submissions that are incomplete after the submission deadline will not be eligible for presentation nor will they be considered for review.

• Submissions shall not exceed 500 words and must include either the research or EBP/quality improvement criteria listed in the abstract scoring rubric.

• Submissions should reflect conference title or abstract themes. 

• Abstracts may highlight original research or EBP/quality improvement projects. Formatting of the abstract should be consistent with the type of project being presented.  

Team of Authors Submission Instructions:

• List the primary author first.

• The team of authors is allowed a maximum of one (1) abstract submission per conference. 

• The primary author must submit the abstract.

• The primary author is the corresponding author and is the point of contact for all communication with AACN; and is expected to relay all necessary information to their co-author(s).

• Abstract submissions that are incomplete after the submission deadline will not be eligible for presentation nor will they be considered for review.

• Submissions shall not exceed 500 words and must include either the research or EBP/quality improvement criteria listed in the abstract scoring rubric.

• Submissions should reflect conference title or abstract themes.

• Abstracts may highlight original research or EBP/quality improvement projects. Formatting of the abstract should be consistent with the type of project being presented.  

For detailed step-by-step instructions on how to submit an abstract, please review the submissions guidelines by clicking on the button below.

Submission Guidelines

• Each abstract is peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers following AACN's abstract scoring rubric.

• Reviews are blind; hence, reviewers do not see names of submitters or school affiliations.

• To increase the probability of an abstract being selected, please read the abstract scoring rubric.

Acceptance Notification

• Email notification of abstract acceptance will be sent to the primary author only. 

• The primary author must respond by either accepting or denying the invitation to present the abstract by the given acceptance deadline.

• The primary author’s failure to accept the presentation invitation via the submission platform (“intent to present”) will automatically default to “deny” after the deadline has passed and disqualify the abstract from presentation. 

• Once the primary author has accepted, AACN will collect additional materials to include a short biography of the primary author, a PDF of the Poster and/or the Power Point of the Podium Presentation. Materials will be made available to all conference attendees as part of the conference materials.

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