Opening Conference. “Examining nursing’s media image and empowering nurses to change media portrayals and the public’s perception of nurses”.
Speaker: Sandy Summers is Founder
and Executive Director of the NGO The Truth About Nursing
Lunch
Plenary session. “Innovate nursing care models”.
Closing conference.“Regulation and continued competence assessment - World trends and challenges for nursing”.
Speaker: Sioban Nelson . Dean and Professor of Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto.
Workshops:
8 workshops or seminars on research methodology will take place during the 15th of November from 16:00 to 20:00.
Abstracts submission
Abstracts for the 15th International Nursing Research Conference must relate to the following themes:
Midwifery and women health
Child/adolescent health
Woman health care
Critical care
End-of-life/palliative care
Ageing and health
Cancer
Chronic illness
Mental health
VIH/AIDS and infectious diseasses
Nursing and genetics
Health and inmigration
Community/home/public health
Health promotion
Violence and abuse of woman and children. Implication of nursing
Ethical dilemmas and conflicts
Nursing management
Nursing education
Health application of new technologies
Research methodology
Evidence-based practice and research utilisation
Outcomes measurement
Types of presentations:
1.Poster presentation
2.Oral presentation
3.Student’s corner
Submissions will be rated on the following:
- Overall quality
- Contribution to scholarschip or clinical practice
- Relevance to conference themes
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.

Venue Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón C/ Doctor Esquerdo, 46 38007 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. Secretariat Teresa Moreno Casbas Unit for Coordination and Development of Nursing Reseach Investén-isciii Institute of Health Carlos III C/ Monforte de Lemos, 5. Pabellón 13 28029 Madrid (España) Tel: 918222546/2536/2547 Fax: 913877897 Correo electrónico: congresoinvesten@isciii.es www.isciii.es/investen