Abstracts
2023 Call for Abstracts
The National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Annual Conference Committee would like to invite you to submit an abstract to present at its 39th Annual Conference taking place September 26-28, 2023 in Anaheim, California. This year, the planning committee has identified the need to cover a wide range of topics that will appeal to both the novice and expert neonatal nurse. As a result, we have provided a list of topics and areas of interest in order to make the application selection process less cumbersome and more diverse to better meet the educational needs of the conference attendees. The list below is not inclusive and is only meant to serve as a guide when submitting your abstract. We encourage you to suggest your own ideas, present your own research findings, or share your knowledge on a topic of interest. Please keep in mind that application submissions should focus on nursing, be state-of-the-art, evidence-based and challenge neonatal nurses at all levels of expertise.
The 2023 2nd Call for Abstracts will open in early April.
General Priorities
- Individualized Developmental Care
- Affordable health care:
- Effect on the NICU
- Assisting families in navigating the system
- Relationships in the workplace:
- Workplace violence
- Bullying
- Staff empowerment
- Innovation and Education, including educational outcomes
- Challenges and innovations in providing orientation and training in low resource setting practices
- Challenges and innovations in providing orientation and training to smaller nurseries
- Resuscitation and Stabilization
- Medication Safety
- Maternal/neonatal collaboration
- Patient safety/risk reduction and quality care
- Nursing Shortage
- Difficult to manage clinical issues
- Advances in research
- Patient and family experience
- Pharmacology (high priority)
- Transformational leadership
- Teamwork and communication
- Certification review topics
- Performance improvement: Implementation of Evidence Based Practice
- Neuroprotection
- Addressing racial and health inequities in the NICU
Specific Priorities
- Nutritional requirements of the newborn
- Adaptation to extrauterine life
- Endocrine and metabolic issues
- Fluid and electrolyte management
- Physical assessment with focus on specific organ system
- Radiologic interpretation
- Skin and wound care
- Transport issues/safety
- Cue-based feeding, breastfeeding support, donor milk program issues
- Evidence based infection control practices
Abstracts submitted through the application process may be considered for a concurrent, paper, or poster session. We have provided a brief overview of the different types of presentations and what each presentation type entails, so that you may be able to choose which one best fits your submission.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- Presentations must avoid any semblance of commercialism: those constituting promotion and advertising are prohibited.
- The submission process involves writing a 250 word (or less) abstract. The abstract should provide an accurate, succinct, and informative representation of the content you plan to present and be relevant to neonatal nursing.
- Each submission must include 3-5 primary references.
- Poster presentations may have multiple presenters. Speaker benefits are only available to the primary presenter.
CONCURRENT PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
- 60 minute educational session (including time for questions).
- The primary presenter will receive a discounted registration rate and a speaker honorarium.
PAPER PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
- 30 minute session to present research.
- Presenters must register for the conference and are responsible for all expenses relating to their presentations, including, but not limited to: registration, air & ground travel, lodging, meals, and incidentals.
POSTER PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
- Poster presenters must register for the entire conference and are responsible for all expenses relating to their presentations, including, but not limited to: registration, air & ground travel, lodging, meals, and incidentals.
- Poster presenters are assigned various times during the conference (approximately 2-3 hours cumulatively) to be present at their poster to answer questions.
- Posters must be displayed for viewing for the duration of the conference during all scheduled exhibit hours.
- Poster dimensions are not to exceed 3.5'Hx7.5'L.
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