Poster abstract submission

Abstract Application Guidelines

Living with Brain Injury:
Identifying the Problems - Finding Solutions

March 6-7, 2009 • Portland Oregon
Application Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2009

Guidelines for Abstract Development

Abstracts for the Poster Presentation are restricted to ONE 8.5” x 11” page submitted in a Word document form and need to include the information listed below. Any submissions that do not meet the required guidelines will need to be re-submitted.

• Define the problem.
• Define the solution; include the process followed, time involved, who was involved and expected outcomes.
• If research data is involved, describe how the research was conducted, over what period of time and the results.
• Identify the cost to implement, including time, resources or other costs, if applicable.
• Evaluation of the solution and any further actions recommended.
• Include related bibliography as applicable.

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Sample Abstract Format

(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PATIENT EDUCATION PROTOCOLS (Optional for Nurse Ed)
(2, 4) Jane Doe, MA, RN,C
(3) Nursing Staff Development Coordinator
(3) General Hospital, Anywhere, Missouri

(5) Intent:
The purpose of this activity was to develop protocols for patient education that could be used by the bedside nurse to give consistent evidence-based education and would facilitate simple documentation of the teaching.

(6) Description:
It is our institutional philosophy that the bedside care giver should be primarily responsible for the education of patients and significant others. For this reason, an attempt was made through a literature search and site visits to develop protocols for patient education that would lessen the stress of education for the nurse at the bedside while at the same time facilitating simple documentation of teaching. This format for development of protocols which was developed by our Patient Education Committee of representatives from all nursing units, and which we have been using for the past six months should provide a simplified and consistent mechanism for enhancing patient and/or significant others knowledge, skills and behavior. The cost in time in resources has more than been made up by the time savings and increase in quality.

(6) Evaluation:
A plan is in place to send randomly selected patients a short questionnaire asking them to evaluate the effectiveness of the education they received prior to discharge.

Anderson, Carolyn (1990) Patient Teaching and Communicating in an Information Age, Delmar Publishers, Inc.

Nursing Clinics of North America (1989) September, A Adult Nursing Education: The cornerstone of Patient Teaching.

Redman, Barbara K. (1988) The Process of Patient Education, C. V. Mosby Company.