Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research

INFORMATION FOR ABSTRACT AUTHORS

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT FOR NURSING RESEARCH DAY
All MGH nurses and external faculty Nurse Scientists (appointed through the Munn Center for Nursing Research) are invited to submit abstracts for consideration for the interactive poster session. There are three categories for abstract submission, and abstract templates and exemplar are available on the "Abstract Categories" page.
Abstracts are due on January 16, 2018

Original Research: The purpose of research is to generate new knowledge within the broader scientific community to produce knowledge that is generalizable beyond the study sample.
Evidenced- Based Practice: The purpose of EBP is to evaluate evidence along a continuum to identify the strongest or best evidence to guide nursing practice within an organizational setting and with a specific patient population.
Quality Improvement Project: The purpose of a QI project is to improve internal processes and practices within a specific patient group or organization.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
**Policy for IRB Review (INCLUDING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS)**

Formal IRB review is required for all Original Research studies (see Partners Human Research website): http://navigator.partners.org
All authors submitting a Quality Improvement Project must carefully review and complete the Clinical Quality Improvement/Measurement Checklist to determine if your project requires review from the IRB. Please complete this and review with your Nursing Director or the Supervisor of the area where your project will be conducted. This can be uploaded during the abstract submission.

**Other Important Abstract Requirements:

Abstracts must contain completed research or preliminary data at the time of submission. Abstracts written as proposals without data are not permitted for submission.
Abstracts MUST be 300 words or less.
Abstracts must be submitted using the required abstract template available on this site (see abstract categories: Original Research, EBP or QI) even if you already have a poster created for another meeting, or you have previously submitted this abstract.
Please do not submit pdfs of abstracts or posters that were submitted to other conferences.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Abstracts are via CVENT™ an electronic abstract submission process. Simply click (Ctrl plus click) on the link below and enter the requested information into each field. The final field will ask you to upload your abstract document. Please type your abstract in the appropriate abstract template first (Original Research, QI or EBP available on the Munn Center website), then upload the word document of your abstract template into this field on CVENT™.

Submit Abstract

If you are submitting more than one abstract, please contact Sara Looby for assistance: slooby@partners.org
For all other questions please contact the Stacianne Goodridge: sgoodridge@partners.org

ABSTRACT REVIEW PROCESS
All abstracts will be sent out to members of the Research Day Review Committee. Reviewers are seasoned nurse scientists. The review process is an opportunity for research development.

The Reviewer will read your abstract and send comments to you in an email. You will receive comments and you can work back and forth with the Reviewer in track changes to further develop your abstract (if required).
Once you have completed your edits and/or addressed any comments, you will be notified regarding acceptance.

POSTER DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PROCESS

Authors of accepted abstracts will work closely with our graphic designer to design the research poster.
Once designed, authors will send posters to the MGH Photo lab for production.
If you already have a poster created, please email slooby@partners.org.
We will contact all authors during this phase of the process and will provide information about deadlines and details for Nursing Research Day.

REASERCH POSTER AWARDS

Posters are evaluated by members of the Poster Judging Committee
Research Poster Awards are announced during the awards presentation during the afternoon of Research Day and categories include:

Award for Best Original Research Poster
Award for Best Quality Improvement Research Poster
Award for Best EBP Research Poster
Award for best poster presented by an Emerging Researcher
Award for best poster presented by an Advanced/Mid-Career Nurse Researcher