National Nursing Conference for Nursing Scholars 2023

Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery (Lalitpur Nursing Campus) is organizing “The First National Nursing Conference for Nursing Scholars, 2023” with the theme of Leading Together for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, and Mental Health Problems: Advancing Nursing Sciences.” This is the first national nursing conference targeting to stimulate Nursing graduates, current students, nursing educators, nurse researcher, nurse educators, nurse administrators, nurses, and other health professionals to present their research work which will facilitate to broaden the knowledge of participants in nursing profession. This conference further aims to exchange experiences among participants and strengthen a network among them.

Expected Attendees

This First National Nursing Conference for Nursing Scholars, 2023 is open to all nursing graduates, current students, nursing educators, nurse researchers, nurse educators, nurse administrators, nurses, as well as who are interested in sharing and learning together in nursing. Thus, we are very pleased to invite all interested people/organizations to kindly prepare and submit abstract under the themes mentioned below.

Objectives

After attending this conference, the participants will be able to:

• gain relevant perspectives on leading together the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, and mental health problems through advancing nursing sciences
• discuss the activities for the advancement of nursing practices for the prevention, control, and management of NCDs through research and innovation
• share and promote evidence-based findings on the latest trends and health issues related to NCDs and mental health problems in nursing practice, education, research, administration and policy for the prevention, promotion, rehabilitation and care of people living with NCDs.

This is an announcement for submission of an abstract for the Conference on First National Nursing Conference for Nursing Scholars, 2023, with the theme of “Leading Together for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, and Mental Health Problems: Advancing Nursing Sciences” that is being organized in Kathmandu, Nepal from 8-9 ASOJ 2080 (25 & 26 September 2023). The presentation under the following themes will be arranged through parallel or plenary session.

Theme of conference

Abstracts are accepted focusing on non-communicable diseases and mental health problems are accepted but are not limited to the following specialty.

• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Community Nursing
• Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
• Child and Adolescent Health Nursing
• Maternal Health Nursing
• Disasters and Emergency Nursing
• Critical Care Nursing
• Geriatric Nursing and Palliative Care
• Nursing Innovation
• Nursing Administration & Management

Abstract Submission Guidelines

1. Provide full title on abstract page. The title should be short and concise and should be in title case
2. All submissions will be acknowledged by email. So, please provide email address of corresponding author along with Mobile number. Authorship information should carry in sequence information on primary author and other authors with their position, affiliated institution and highest academic qualification.
3. The text of the abstract should not exceed 300 words (in Times New Roman, Font Size 12pts). Total word count does not include keywords
4. Abstracts should be submitted in English.
5. The abstract should be ‘structured’ as:

Background/contexts: General introduction and the study objectives, the hypothesis tested, or a thorough description of the problem/issue;

Methods/approach: Study design, materials and methods used to collect data/information, type of analysis used, statistical analysis used (if any), approach and intervention for implementation, etc.

Results: Specific results, discussion,

Conclusion(s) and recommendation:

Keywords: Below the abstract, it is essential to provide 3-5 keywords arranged alphabetically, separated by a comma, all small cases.

6. Do not include references in the abstract.
7. Avoid the use of abbreviations unless necessary (e.g., to avoid repetition of long words/phrases that may affect word counts). If it is necessary to use abbreviations, you should mention the full words followed by abbreviations in brackets for the first time, then you can use abbreviations in subsequent writing.
8. By submission of an abstract, the author transfers copyright ownership to the organizing committee for publications. The organizing committee reserves the right to reproduce the abstract / presentation made in conference in print or electronic media if your abstract is accepted.
9. The abstract should be free of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.

Note: Abstract which has been accepted for the conference will be further evaluated for the conference proceedings. If the abstract is selected for the proceedings, full article will be requested to the authors.

10. Abstracts should be sent by email to Conference Secretariat, Lalitpur in following address: [email protected]
11. The deadline for abstract submission is 25 July 2023 (9 Shrawan 2080).
12. This guideline and abstract form will be available at www.pahs.edu.np. You can mention the form of presentation as oral or written in the abstract.
13. An independent Scientific Committee panel formed for the conference will review the abstracts for selection. The authors will have an option to choose a method of presentation i.e., either poster or oral at the time of abstract submission. However, the committee reserves all rights to assign any accepted abstract for oral or poster presentation. The committee also reserves the right for rejection of any submitted abstract.
14. Notification of acceptance will be sent to the corresponding author by 15 August 2023 (30 Shrawan 2080) by email.
15. If you have any queries, please feel free to correspond to [email protected]

Contact: Pravas Pokharel, Email ID: [email protected], Contact No: 9851168105