Resources

Abstract Submission Resources

Writing a Better Abstract

Start with a good idea

Address the “so what” question
Answer the “who cares” question
Show how your information addresses a common problem or important gap

Grab at the get-go

Orient (don’t confuse) the reader with the title
Set the stage with the first sentence
Put the punch right up front with a strong significance statement and/or strong purpose statement

Then don’t smother it

Use clear, crisp, precise sentences
Stick with action language
Be careful about using acronyms
Provide data, not promises
Give enough information to make the reader want more

Cover four areas of content

Introduce the problem
Describe your novel approach
Summarize your amazing results
End with an insightful comment

Nursing Resource Guides

HPNA Research-Based SIGs

HPNA offers two Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to support the needs of nurses in hospice and palliative care who conduct or participate in research within the field.

Visit the HPNA Community to connect with these two SIGs and grow your nursing research network.

HPCC Research via ABNS

The American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS) promotes research activities that advance knowledge regarding specialty nursing certification. The Research Committee is charged with implementing tactics and projects that support our strategic goals related to research including:

Establishing a national nursing certification research agenda.
Encouraging and facilitating the conduct and dissemination of research on nursing certification and continued competency.

The ABNS Strategies for Research Support: To Support the Conduct of Research and Promote the ABNS Research Agenda document offers a brief background on the creation of our Research Agenda, and identifies a variety of methods or models to structure and support research projects as funding becomes available. The potential models are explored to determine their feasibility in terms of required infrastructure and resources. Click here to review the ABNS Research Strategies Document.

ABNS Quick Links

ABNS Research
Value of Specialty Nursing Certification
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®) information

Resources from NINR

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is one of 27 Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s medical research agency. NINR believes that nursing research is the key to unlocking the power and potential of nursing by leveraging nursing’s strengths and unique knowledge and perspectives inherent to the discipline to the benefit of all people