Writing Abstracts

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Writing Abstracts

• EBNP Fellowship Program
• Workshop 11

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What is an Abstract?
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Why take the time to write a good abstract?
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Does the title indicate what people participated?

• Research methods textbooks suggest that authors
  should name the population in titles.
• The use of Ethics in Health Care Decisions.

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Better Titles

• The Relationship Between Ethical Principles and
  Health Care Provider Decisions among Family Nurse
  Practitioners.
• The Extent to which Ethical Principles form the
  Basis of Health Care Policy Decisions for
  Tennessee State Legislators.

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Is the title free of jargon and acronyms?

• Professionals in all fields use jargon or
  acronyms.
• Unless the researchers are writing exclusively
  for peers, use of jargon or acronyms is
  inappropriate.
• ACOA, ICD, ECT, PUD,

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Types of Abstracts

• Research
• Literature review
• Evaluation of a project

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Major Components of Project Evaluation Abstracts

• Background
• what problem prompted the project?
• Why is this an important problem?
• 1 sentence
• Objective(s) of project

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Major Components (contd)

• Description of implementation
• what was done
• who was involved
• type of patient care area
• how was it evaluated
• Evaluation
• how well were the objective(s) met

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Major Components (contd)

• Conclusions
• Implications
• for practice
• for future implementation

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Call for Abstracts

• Space, page or word limitation
• typically 1 page or less
• Criteria for evaluation
• Requirements for previous presentation
• Deadline for submission

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Submitting an Abstract

• Title
• Author(s) credentials
• Institution
• City state
• Body of Abstract

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Blinded Unblinded Copies

• Blinded Copy
• contain title of abstract body of abstract
• used for blind (anonymous) review
• Unblinded Copy
• contains title, author(s), affiliation, body of
  abstract

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Areas to Avoid with Abstracts

• Too much introductory material
• Too much jargon
• Not using complete sentences (ex. To ascertain
  how they tracked time for their pain relief.)