Poster abstract submissions have closed for the 2025 NNEC.

Please click the below button to submit an abstract for consideration for the National Nursing Ethics Conference poster presentations. Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, November 10, 2024 until midnight PST. Submissions will undergo blind peer review and applicants will be notified of the outcome in December 2024. Please note the conference takes place in Los Angeles on March 13-14, 2025. Poster presenters are responsible for covering conference registration and travel expenses. If you have questions about the submission process, please email ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com.

Poster Objectives

  1. Describe the role that trust plays in everyday ethical decision-making.
  2. Discuss trustworthiness as a key component of fidelity, a virtue expected of nursing and the health professions.
  3. Explore the new 2025 ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and how it supports our values, and validates agency as a fundamental ethical obligation.
  4. Identify strategies to mitigate moral distress and to act in response to value-laden conflict in the clinical space.
  5. Illustrate how trust can strengthen unity in our communities. 
  6. Value how the meaning of words and language can reinforce and rebuild relationships and trust at the individual, system, and societal levels.

Getting Started on Your Abstract

Think about how trust is involved in areas that you are working on – here are a few examples:

  • staffing concerns
  • incivility
  • impact of AI
  • staff/leader relationships 
  • health equity & environmental justice
  • workplace violence
  • interdisciplinary collaboration
  • surrogate decision-making
  • effective communication
  • health care worker mental health
  • substance use disorder

Submission Requirements

  • Title of poster
  • Abstract: Background, intervention, outcomes, implications for practice and conclusion. If presenting a research project, please include methodology, analysis, and impact.
  • Category:
    • Empirical research relevant to ethics and clinical practice
    • Intervention to promote ethical practice in nursing care
    • Strategy for ethics education
    • Evidence-based practice relevant to ethics and clinical practice
    • Promoting ethics and professionalism in clinical practice
  • 500 word limit