2025 Conference Call for Abstracts Themes

We are seeking submissions that showcase how nurses in all roles demonstrate leadership in professional governance and embody the principles of professional governance, taking ownership of their practice to make a meaningful impact on their organization, the nursing profession, and the health outcomes of the patients and communities they serve. 

Potential submission topics include:  

• Improved Health Outcomes: Provide exemplars of how nurses fulfill their social contract to advance health. Highlight the influence and value of the nursing profession that drive positive health outcomes in the communities served. 
• Improved Care Coordination: Demonstrate how professional governance has improved care coordination across all settings and improved collaboration among nursing professionals, positively impacting nursing professionals and the individuals they serve.
• Shaping the Future of Nursing: Showcase how professional governance is essential for ensuring a sustainable future and well-being of the nursing profession.
• Leadership in Professional Governance: Provide examples of nurses in all roles contributing to practice ownership and accountability through leadership behaviors supported by the structural frame of professional governance and integrated into organizational cultures. 

Presentations may reflect unit or organizational initiatives as well as individual efforts from any level in the organization. 

Abstract Requirements

The following fields are required for each submission:

• Preferred presentation format (breakout or poster)
• Presentation title (limited to 75 characters with spaces, approx. 10 words)
• Presenter contact information 
  • NOTE: The submission is limited to 3 presenters (1 primary and 2 co-presenters). 
• Brief bio for the primary presenter (limited to 500 characters with spaces, approx. 75-100 word)
• At least one learning outcome describing the impact on the learner (limited to 100 characters with spaces, approx. 20 words)
• Abstract narrative including practical takeaways that address: lessons learned, impact, outcomes, implications, application to other settings and practice takeaways. (Limited to 5,000 characters with spaces, approx. 750-1,000 words)
• Session Description (up to 500 characters with spaces, approx. 75-125 words)
• Literature references as supporting evidence (APA style)

Tip: Create the abstract in a Word document first to ensure the character limits are met and to avoid spelling errors.

How to Submit

To submit an abstract, ONE person is required to create an account in the abstract system. This account is considered the primary presenter account, and all correspondence from AONL related to the submission will be sent to the email address provided. The person receiving the emails will be responsible for communicating with anyone else involved in the presentation.

NOTE: THIS ACCOUNT IS NOT CONNECTED TO YOUR AONL MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT. It is a separate database that is used only for abstract submissions and abstract communications. 

Please note: Only one email can be used per account. If someone other than the primary presenter will be the person corresponding with AONL about the presentation, please enter that person's email instead of the primary presenter's email.

Contact aonleducation@aha.org with questions.

Important Dates for Submitters

Jan. 31, 2025: Abstract submission site closes at 5:00 p.m. CT. Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed.

March 31, 2025:  AONL will notify the primary presenter of their submission status via email. 

July 18: Final presentations submitted to AONL.

August 10-12: AONL Professional Governance Leadership Conference - San Antonio

Questions can be directed to AONL at aonleducation@aha.org.