15th InternationalNursing Research

Conference

Madrid, Spain15-18 November 2011

Investén-isciiiC/ Monforte de Lemos, 5. Pabellón 6

28029 Madridwww.isciii.es/investen/

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VenueHospital General Universitario Gregorio MarañónC/ Ibiza, 45. Pabellón Docente.28007 Madrid

Registrations Early registration (workshop included) (before 1 sept).............270€Normal registration (workshop not included)............................270€Staff of ISCIII and HGU Gregorio Marañón(workshop not included)...........................................................230€Fulltime Undergraduate Students,low income countries (workshop included) ..............................195€Workshop...................................................................................40€

Registration fee includes attendance to the conference, material and documents, coffees and meals during the days of the conference. It does not include travel and/or accommodation.

There will be a kindergarden available if requested before October 20th 2011.

Handicaped access will be available if resquested before October 20th 2011.

There will be simultaneous translation at the conference. Papers may be presented both in Spanish and English.

SecretariatTeresa Moreno CasbasUnit for Coordination and Development of Nursing Reseach Investén-isciiiInstitute of Health Carlos IIIC/ Monforte de Lemos, 5. Pabellón 1328029 Madrid (España)Tel: 918222546/2536/2547Fax: 913877897Correo electrónico: congresoinvesten@isciii.eswww.isciii.es/investen

Organizing Institutions:

With the collaboration of:

Preliminary program

Tuesday November 15th

16:00 Workshop

Wednesday November 16th

8:009:00

11:0011:3013:1515:0016:4518:1518:30

RegistrationOpening Conference. “Examining nursing’s media image and empowering nurses to change media portrayals and the public’s perception of nurses”. Sandy Summers is Founder and Executive Director of the NGO The Truth About NursingCoffeeConcurrent sessionsLunchConcurrent sessionsConcurrent sessionsCoffeeOral Brief Presentations

Plenary session. “Innovate nursing care models”.CoffeeConcurrent sessionsLunchConcurrent sessionsConcurrent sessions

Thursday November 17th

9:0011:0011:3013:1515:0016:45

Concurrent sessionsCoffeeClosing conference. “Regulation and continued competence assessment - World trends and challenges for nursing”. Sioban Nelson. Dean and Professor of Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto.Closing ceremony and awards

Friday November 18th

9:0011:3012:00

13:15

Workshop8 workshops or seminars on research methodology will take place during the 15th of November from 16:00 to 20:00.

Sandy SummersSandy Summers is Founder and Executive Director of the NGO The Truth About Nursing and is co-author of Saving Lives: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk. Since 2001 she has worked to change how the world views nursing by challenging damaging media depictions of nurses. Sandy Summers has practiced nursing for 15 years in the emergency departments and intensive care units of some of America’s major trauma centers.

Sioban NelsonSioban Nelson is Dean and Professor of Nursing at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, Canada. Her work includes publications and projects in the areas of history, professional issues, health policy and the organization of practice. Her award winning work, “The Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered” (2006 Cornell) was co-edited with Suzanne Gordon. Her most recent book, Notes on Nightingale: The Influence and Legacy of a Nursing Icon (Cornell, 2010) was coedited with Dr Anne Marie Rafferty.

Speakers

Abstracts submissionAbstracts for the 15th International Nursing Research Conference must relate to the following themes:

Midwifery and women healthChild/adolescent healthWoman health careCritical careEnd-of-life/palliative careAgeing and healthCancerChronic illnessMental healthVIH/AIDS and infectious diseassesNursing and geneticsHealth and inmigrationCommunity/home/public healthHealth promotion

Violence and abuse of woman and children. Implication of nursingEthical dilemmas and conflictsNursing managementNursing educationHealth application of new technologiesResearch methodologyEvidence-based practice and research utilisationOutcomes measurement

Types of presentations:1. Poster presentation2. Oral presentation3. Student’s corner

Submission forms detailing guidelines may be found at www.isciii.es/investen/

The abstract evaluation criteria are available on our website: www.isciii.es/investen/

Deadline submission of abstracts is June 3rd 2011 (20:00 GMT)

The abstracts accepted will be published in the abstract’s book edited by the Organisation. The book will be registered by ISBN.