National Evidence-Based Practice Conference

Nurses have always been innovators in discovering practice solutions. Today, in healthcare, we are challenged in new ways to innovate and deliver evidence-based practice (EBP) using timely and meaningful methods across populations and settings. This is a critical time for nurses to embrace innovations developed by nurses and for healthcare delivery, while remaining adaptive to new technology. Innovation in EBP goes beyond traditional healthcare practices to open minds for innovative thinking and exploring new possibilities. Learn how innovation can turn from a hot button topic into actionable results.

Conference participants will learn cutting-edge developments in application of innovation in EBP for improved design of practice changes, adoption of best evidence, and benefits for diverse patients, clinicians, and organizations. There will be opportunities to network with EBP experts and enthusiasts. Cutting-edge clinical issues will be discussed with reports on innovative and evidence-based solutions across settings. The program is designed to meet the needs of practicing nurses, leaders, faculty, and experts. 

Deadline: Sunday, October 15, 2023 at Midnight CST

Submit your abstract 

Printable Call for Abstracts

Abstracts may be submitted for the following Categories: Abstracts of particular interest are related to the conference theme as well as innovative EBP projects, programs, or topics.

Evidence-Based Practice: Systematic process of shared decision-making with clinician-led discussion engaging the patient and others significant to them based on the best evidence; the patients' experiences, preferences, and values; clinical expertise; and other available robust sources of best evidence. EBP projects in-progress will be considered for poster display; projects with analysis completed by 12/31/2023 will be considered for oral presentation.

Clinical Research: Systematic investigation, including development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Clinical research studies in-progress will be considered for poster display; studies with analysis completed by 12/31/2023 will be considered for oral presentation.

Synthesis Report: Using a variety of systematic methods to review research findings to summarize the extent and quality of research available on a given topic. The format used may vary (e.g., systematic review, meta-analysis, scoping review, integrative review). Synthesis reports in-progress will be considered for poster display; projects with analysis completed by 12/31/2023 will be considered for oral presentation.

Quality Improvement: Use of data to monitor and improve care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. EBP work for quality improvement should be submitted as an EBP abstract. Quality improvement projects will be considered for poster display.

Nurse Residency EBP: Nurses who are currently enrolled or have recently completed a nurse residency program with an EBP project (see EBP definition for qualifying work). Up to two nurse residency EBP project abstracts, selected by the institution, should be submitted by the nurse residency coordinator. Nurse residency EBP projects will be considered for poster display. Additional nurse residency EBP project abstracts may be submitted in the general EBP category for competitive review.

NEW EBP Final Student Project/Capstone: Nursing students who are currently enrolled or have recently completed a final nursing student-led EBP project (see EBP definition for qualifying work). Up to two EBP final student project abstracts, selected by the institution, should be submitted by the faculty coordinator. EBP final student projects will be considered for poster display. Additional EBP final student project abstracts may be submitted in the general EBP category for competitive review.

Accepted Abstracts

• Considered for 20-minute oral presentation: EBP, Clinical Research, and Synthesis Reports with data analysis completed by 12/31/2023.
• Considered for poster display: Incomplete EBP, Clinical Research, and Synthesis Reports; Nurse Residency EBP, EBP Final Student Project/Capstone, and Quality Improvement.
• Following peer review, acceptance notice with presentation details will be sent in late November. Please note that reviewers may determine that an abstract is of a different category than submitted.
• Two presenters per accepted abstract are eligible for a registration discount. Both presenters must register and submit registration payment when registration opens in January. All other costs and arrangements shall be assumed by the presenters.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

• Prepare blinded abstract using the templates below.
• Abstract with in-text citations limited to 500 words, title and headings are not counted, with reference list limited to 500 words.
• Nurse Residency EBP abstracts must be submitted by nurse residency coordinator. There is a maximum of two abstracts per institution and each must be submitted individually.
• EBP Final Student Project/Capstone abstracts must be submitted by faculty coordinator. There is a maximum of two abstracts per institution and each must be submitted individually.

Awards presented for the following categories

• Colleen Goode EBP Poster Award: EBP posters must be submitted prior to conference, see presentation details available following poster acceptance.
• Marita Titler Research Poster Award: Research posters must be submitted prior to conference, see presentation details available following poster acceptance.
• Veterans Administration Poster Award: All VA posters are reviewed at the conference.
• Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Chapter Nurse Residency EBP Poster Award: All nurse residency posters are reviewed at the conference.
• EBP Final Student Project/Capstone Poster Award: All student posters are reviewed at the conference.
• People’s Choice Award: Poster is nominated at the conference.
• EBP Abstract Award: All  submitted abstracts are reviewed.

Abstract Templates

• EBP Abstract Template (for EBP, Nurse Residency EBP, and EBP Final Student Project/Capstone)
• Clinical Research Abstract Template
• Synthesis Report Abstract Template
• QI Abstract Template

Abstract Samples

• EBP Sample Abstract
• Clinical Research Sample Abstract
   

Registration and payment will open in January 2024.

Registration fees:
$200 oral or poster presenter (maximum of 2 presenters per presentation)
$230 conference participant (paid on or before 3/1/2024)
$275 conference participant (paid after 3/1/2024)
$150 University of Iowa student or employee

All travel arrangements including hotel and transportation, must be made by conference participants.

Hotel

A limited block of rooms is reserved at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center. Please make reservations directly with the hotel by March 26, 2024.

Air Travel

• Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is approximately 20 miles from the conference site.
• Quad Cities International Airport (MLI) is approximately 64 miles from the conference site.

Ground Travel

The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center at 300 East 9th Street, Coralville, Iowa.

Conference materials will be available online prior to the conference. Paper copies of presentations will not be available.

Please contact [email protected] if interested in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor.

Continuing education credit for the VA program will be granted by the Iowa City VA Medical Center.

Continuing education for the national EBP conference will be granted by University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Department of Nursing (Iowa Board of Nursing Approved provider #34). Participants must attend the entire program to receive full credit.