1037-16: Writing for Publication: Getting Your Abstract Ready for Publication
This session is aimed at helping nurses to review an abstract and strategize developing a publication, using peers for support and guidance, and a plan for developing a manuscript.

Presenter: Geraldine S. Pearson, PhD, PMH-CNS, FAAN

Disclosures: The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Session Length: 47 minutes

Target Audience: RN, APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1.  Describe the process of formulating an idea into an abstract that forms the beginning of a manuscript.
2.  Identify the process and elements of a manuscript that must be developed before submitting for publication.
3.  Develop a beginning abstract by the conclusion of the workshop. 

Keywords: Publication, Peer Review, Abstract, Ethical Issues, Nursing Journals, Manuscript, Editor

Continuing Nursing Education
0.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately.  You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Wednesday, October 19
1:15pm - 3:15pm 

Release Date: April 24, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire: November 30, 2019