The Council of Children’s Nurses (Inc) invite you to submit an abstract for the Winds of Change Conference being held in Sydney on March 24-25th, 2011.  We invite you to participate in debates, discussions and celebrate children’s nursing.  Abstract submissions will close on September 15th, 2010.  All abstracts will be blind peer reviewed.

The theme for the conference is “Winds of Change” with a program to address the evolving changes happening locally and globally in the provision of health services for children.  Change and its challenges will be a major element of our discussions during this conference.  The keynote speaker is Dr Bernie Carter, Professor of Children’s Nursing (University of Central Lancashire – UK) and Editor of the Journal of Child Health Care.

The themes for the conference are:

•    Innovation in practice
•    Leadership in Nursing
•    Models of Care
•    Early Intervention
•    Consumer Participation
•    Clinical Case Presentations

This decade is destined to be one of many changes, some of which we have the opportunity to participate in and to challenge.  Changes in staff/patient ratios, staffing mix and models of care all bring their own unique set of challenges for nurses caring for children and their families.

Click here to download the call for abstracts brochure.

Register your abstract below:

Key Dates:

1.    July 1st, 2010, abstract submission opens
2.    September 15th, abstract submission closes
3.    October 29th, presenters notified of abstract acceptance/decline
4.    November 11th, presenters confirm presentation acceptance
5.    November 29th, preliminary program available

Abstract Guidelines

1.    Abstracts are invited which address the conference title and themes
2.    The abstract should describe original work not previously published
3.    Abstracts will only be accepted on-line using the template provided on the web site
4.    A maximum world limit of 300 words
5.    All abstracts are to be in English
6.    All abstracts are to be submitted in Arial – Font size 11 – single spacing no justification
7.    All abstracts will be blind-peered reviewed and scored on the following:
a.    Originality
b.    Interest to the audience
c.    Identified 2-3 “take-home” messages for delegates
d.    Aims of the presentation
e.    Ability to meet the conference themes
f.    Aims, method, results and conclusion (for research papers only)
Please Note: results must be included in all research abstracts submitted
8.    Acceptance of abstracts is at the discretion of the peer review panel and the conference organising committee
9.    All selected presenters for all presentations must register for the conference to be eligible to present their paper or poster.  All presenters will be entitled to 10% discount off the early bird registration rate – a unique identifier will be sent to the successful recipients to use when registering on-line for the conference.

You may choose to submit from the following:

• Concurrent Session – 20 minutes
• Workshop (multiple speakers or practical sessions each workshop will be 90 minutes) – providing all own resources other than those provided by Audio Visual (e.g. PPT & Data Projector)
• Poster – no larger than 100 cm x 100 cm

Please direct enquiries via email to admin@ccnnsw.org.au