Abstracts & Presenters



The abstract submission site is now closed. Information from the AONE 2011 Education Committee and a short outline of the abstract process are below, but please download a full copy of the abstract instructions prior to submitting your abstract.

Have a question that isn't answered here, in the abstract instructions or within the submission site? Download our Frequently Asked Questions for a few more specifics.

Important Dates and Deadlines:

June 20th – Abstract Submission Site Opens
August 3rd – Abstract Submission Site Closes
Late September/Early October – Notification Emails to Abstract Submitters
Fall – Information Collection and Assignment to Content Advisor for Podium Presenters
Early November – Registration Opens
January – Objective Review with Content Advisors for Podium Presenters
February 8th – First Draft of Podium Presentations Due
March 9th – E-Posters due
March 9th – Bios and Podium Presentations Due to AONE
March 21-24 – Presentations in Boston

Our theme for 2012 – On the Precipice of Change: The Courage to Lead – was developed with the long view and the short view in mind for the future of nursing leadership.  The tracks for 2012 will be:

  • Future of Nursing Practice
  • Clinical Excellence and Quality
  • Courageous and Strategic Leadership
  • Innovative Technology for Practice
  • Communication and Relationship Strategies

As you design instruction for your fellow nurse leaders, please keep in mind the changing nature of the health care environment that we all seek to understand.  Your presentation, regardless of track, should be relevant, current, and geared toward providing not only a view of the “problem”, but most importantly of possible solutions and practical applications as well.  If you are presenting research, please keep your audience in mind and be sure to show the relevance to other nurse leaders. 

In addition to focusing your abstract under the tracks listed above, you will be asked during the abstract submission process about the intended audience of your content and the size/type of institution where you did the research or project or where you are employed.  In an effort to help our diverse audience of nurse leaders–from first-year nurse managers to hospital CEOs–select the appropriate content for their needs, please think carefully about the group that would most benefit from the presentation you plan to share.  Your institution information will also help our attendees identify the topics that might most closely mimic their own institutions.

Please keep in mind the following considerations when writing your abstracts:

1. Relevance. The abstract should address important, timely issues facing nursing leadership in relation to the tracks listed above.
2. Utility. The abstract should demonstrate how the program, initiative or research could be adopted or addressed by other nurse leaders.
3. Scope of Interest. The presentation should be detailed, specific and designed with outcomes and application in mind.  We’ve asked you to identify the target audience of your presentation, but please note that you should also be able to appeal to practitioners in diverse settings and situations within this target audience.
4. Cogency. The abstract should be well organized, easy to read and offer clear implications for what a participant will gain. 

If your abstract is accepted to present a concurrent session, we will be assigning you to a content advisor who will help coordinate your presentation, review content with you, and be there as a resource so that we may insure that all presentations meet the AONE standard.  More information will be provided if you are asked to present.

As you know, AONE is looked to as the premier organization for nurse leaders and we depend upon you to help us deliver some of the best educational content in the field.  We hope you are excited to present in Boston and that this process is as simple and painless as possible.

Hot Topics and Requested Content from the AONE Leadership

During the planning process for the 2012 Annual Meeting, the Education Committee determined some topics or areas of interest that they believe would be of great import to share with the larger membership.  If you or your colleagues are doing work in the following areas, we would encourage you to submit an abstract for review.  These sessions will not be given higher weight than other submissions, but given the importance of these topics we would like to encourage anyone with expertise in these areas to submit an abstract for consideration.

Clinical Excellence and Quality

  • The “How To” of Putting Core Measures to Practical Use
  • Making Decisions Based on Data: The Case for Using Fiscal Metrics to Make

Strategic Decisions

  • Success Stories of using NDNQI to Increase Quality Outcomes
  • Cross-referencing NDNQI and Core Measures to Get Better Results
  • ACOs – Where We are Really Heading and How to Get There
  • A Road Map to Implementing the Recommendations of the Joint Commission

Courageous and Strategic Leadership

  • Managing and Leading Change
  • Balancing the Good and Bad of Social Networking
  • Applying Principles and Mandates of Health Care Reform
  • The CNO’s Role in Disaster Management: Stories from the Field (Katrina, Floods, Tornados/Joplin, MO)

Innovative Technology for Practice

  • Leveraging Decision Support Technology to Tell the Patient Story and Encourage Critical Thinking
  • Effective and Balanced Uses of Communication Technologies at the Bedside

Future of Nursing Practice

  • Academic/Practice Partnerships: Understanding the Realities and Achieving the IOM Goals
  • Back to Basics: Keeping the Patient at the Center of Care
  • Nursing’s Involvement in Shaping Health Care Policy
  • Hot to Get to the End of the IOM Roadmap Successfully

Communication and Relationship Strategies

  • Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Care Models: Let’s Get Out of Our Silos