ABSTRACT SUBMISSION TOOLKIT
If 2025 is the first time or it's been a while since you've submitted an abstract for the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses’ Association National Conference, the Abstract Submission Toolkit has been created to assist and support you!
The toolkit contains advice on writing and submitting your abstract, provides annotated abstracts from previous conferences, and a journal article on abstract writing.
To access the toolkit materials, click the links below.
Writing and submitting your abstract for the ARNA National Conference
Ali New - ARNA President
Annotated Abstract
Making possibilities happen in rehabilitation nursing research: how a training program trained the team
Ali New, David Lewis
Annotated Abstract
Weekend leave passes: who is responsible for the absent patient?
Brendan Bakes, Carol Harding
Annotated Abstract
Weekend Leave Feedback Tool
Kirsty Gray
Journal Article
Developing and writing a conference abstract
Beverley Gray
Published in: International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
The theme for the 2025 Conference is
REHABILITATION NURSES: EMBRACING CHANGE
Building resilience through rehabilitation in nursing
‘Nothing is permanent except change’ (Heraclitus, 500BC).
No one understands the need to embrace change more than rehabilitation nurses.
Rehabilitation nurses support patients on a journey of embracing change; change to the body and change to the mind. Clinically and professionally, rehabilitation nurses build resilience and capacity to understand the new normal, to accept and embrace it.
This is an opportunity to showcase the innovative, unique and progressive work of nurses in the rehabilitation arena. We will learn from and with each other as well as further developing our rehabilitation nursing network and the specialty practice of rehabilitation nursing.
The aim of the ARNA conference is to:
Deliver education and training about rehabilitation for nurses working in rehabilitation and working outside designated rehabilitation services
Enhance rehabilitation skills and capabilities of nurses generally
Provide a platform to share the very latest research in rehabilitation nursing care
Encourage networking and collaboration
Build a strong, empowered and capable community of nurses who understand the importance and practice of rehabilitation across all healthcare services and settings
Review the submission guidelines for more information.
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