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Poster Session Abstracts

Managing Today’s OR Suite invites perioperative nurses to submit abstracts for the 2009 Poster Session to be held at the annual Managing Today’s OR Suite conference, Oct 7 to 9, at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

PURPOSE AND GOALS

The purposes of the poster session are to:

  • Provide a forum for presenting completed research or in-progress research with preliminary results
  • Present research, performance improvement projects, or clinical practice innovations visually using graphs, illustrations, or photographs.

The goals of the poster session are to:

  • Promote communication and collaborative research among nurses
  • Provide opportunities for exchange of research and performance improvement
  • Explore advances in perioperative clinical practice.

PROCESS FOR REVIEW

  • Each submission (without names attached) will be reviewed by a panel of nurses
  • OR Manager staff will determine final selection, taking into consideration recommendations from the review panel and a balance among poster topics.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

For each abstract submitted, include one copy of the Poster Information Sheet
> Format for Abstracts

  • Check the appropriate category, research or performance improvement/clinical practice innovations, in the category list on the Poster Information Sheet
  • For each abstract, submit two completed copies as follows:
    1. One copy with author(s) name/addresses.
    2. One copy without author(s) name/addresses to be used for the blind review.
  • Unless otherwise specified on the submitted abstract, the first author listed will be expected to be present at the conference.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

All submissions must be received at OR Manager by Aug 12, 2009. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by September 15, 2009.

Submit all materials to:

OR Manager, Inc
P O Box 5303
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5303

Overnight delivery:
1807 Second St, #61
Santa Fe, NM 87505
T. 800442-9918

E-mail: eschrader@ormanager.com

Registration: Presenters must register and pay the registration fee for the conference. Managing Today’s OR Suite does not provide reimbursement for travel, lodging, or per diem expenses for poster presenters.

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