ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

You are invited to submit an abstract for consideration by the Programme Committee for a poster presentation at the 5th African Nursing Conference. The conference is scheduled to place at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre from 30 – 31 July 2025. 

The theme of the conference is Empowering Nurses as Catalysts for Health Equity: Bridging Gaps and Building Inclusive Health Systems to Strengthen Responses to Health Crises. Abstracts will be reviewed according to the following tracks:

Track 1: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy in Nursing
Track 2: Innovative Nursing Practices and Healthcare Transformation
Track 3: Nurse Well-being and Resilience
Track 4: Research and Evidence-Based Nursing for Health Equity

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SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

  • Abstracts can only be submitted electronically through the 5th African Nursing Conference Abstracts submitted to the conference secretariat directly through any other means will not be accepted for review.
  • A confirmation email will be sent to you when your abstract has been received. Please refer to your abstract by number, title, and presenter in all correspondence regarding the abstract.
  • Please contactthe Secretariat if you have not received confirmation that your abstract has been received.
  • All abstracts will be forwarded to the Abstract Review Committee for review. Notifications regarding status will be sent once the review process is complete.
  • Notices of acceptance or rejection of the abstract will be sent to the primary author, with reviewer comments where applicable.
  • The presenter is expected to register for the 5th African Nursing Conference by the communicated registration deadline and attend to present the poster.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 May 2025 – All Abstracts must be received by the announced deadline. Abstracts received after the deadline will not be considered. The Programme Committee is devoted to having the Programme completed by June 2025. This will allow enough time for attendees to schedule their participation accordingly.

Guidelines for abstract submissions

The on-line abstract submission system is user friendly.

Please draft your abstract according to the headings listed below of not more than 300 words in total. You may draft your abstract in text format only using a word processing software i.e., MS Word and then copy and paste the text in the abstract submission box.

 

*Note that no graphic images, tables, graphs, or columns should be submitted with your abstract.

You will be guided through the submission procedure. Please follow the instructions as shown on the webpage.

  1. Background and Objectives
  2. Method
  3. Results
  4. Conclusion

Abstract Submission Information

TIP: Draft your abstract in text format in MS Word or a similar programme according to the fields described in Step 3 below. Please only use Arial plain font in 10 points. Save it as a document once you are sure the content is ready for submission as an abstract. Copy and paste the text from this document into the field provided under Step 2 of the submission process.


Step 1: Abstract Details
You will be required to complete the following fields:

Abstract Title

Track
Authors and Affiliations

 

Abstract Text as per the guidelines below

Step 2: Submission of Abstract Content

Abstracts that report research findings should contain the following concise statements:

Background:       The description of the problem or the hypothesis, the study objectives

Methods:            Study methods used, or approaches taken

Results:                Specific results in summarized form

Conclusions:       Statement about the main outcomes.

 

Abstracts for reporting on strategies / projects should contain the following concise statements:

Background:       Short statement summarizing the issue(s) addressed by the abstract     

Methods:            A brief description of the project, experience, program, or research

Results:                A brief description of the results or lessons learned

Conclusions:       A brief statement of next steps / recommendation

 

The following fields will need to be completed under their respective headings:
Abstract Information

Abstract Title
Preferred track

Project Scalability: To scale the described project/activity described to a district /regional/national level, what are the requirements? (New or amended policies, operations, human resources, and financial implications)


Combined text in these fields should not exceed 300 words.

Abstracts can only be submitted in text format – no images or graphs should be included.

 

Step 3: Verification of information provided in steps 1 – 2.
All the details that have been provided in the abstract submission process will be presented for verification.

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