3043-16:  Writing Excellent Research and Practice Change Proposals with Grab:  Is There a Method to Mastering the Craft?

This session reviews ways write a proposal to describe your innovative idea.  We will provide you with the basic tools for writing excellent research and practice change proposals.

Presenters: Linda Beeber, PhD, CNS-BC, FAAN; Jane Mahoney, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC

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:   38 minutes

Target Audience: RN, APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe basic guidelines for writing an excellent research or practice change proposal.
2. Explain how to write proposals with 'grab' to get the attention of reviewers of grant proposals.
3. Demonstrate crafting opening statements with ‘grab’ for a research or practice change proposal. 

Keywords: Research, Grant Writing, Proposal Writing

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
Friday, October 21
4:45pm - 6:15pm 

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