Nursing Research, Innovation and Evidence-based Practice 2026

Overview

Conference Objectives

1. Discuss how nursing research impacts nursing practice
2. Identify how innovation and nursing research are intertwined
3. Explain the connection between Evidence-based Nursing Practice and Nursing Research

Date

June 4 & 5, 2026
7:45 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Location

Cleveland Clinic Administrative Campus
Building 4
3175 Science Park Dr.
Beachwood, OH 44122

Faculty, Agenda & Accreditation

Faculty

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Agenda

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Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for ANCC contact hours.

Call for Abstracts

Deadline Midnight EST March 1st 2026

Presenters will be notified by April 1st 2026

Note: Please do not submit an abstract if you are not prepared to attend the conference and present your topic

Please click here to submit your abstract.

The Program Committee will schedule podium or poster sessions and will assign the dates and times of presentations. All presenters are required to register for the conference and pay the applicable registration fees. If the primary author of an abstract is unable to attend the conference, the author should plan for another individual to present the paper or poster, and that individual must register for the conference.

Tips for success

Abstracts of all papers should reflect or include:

• Overall consistency between Purpose, Approach, Outcomes, and Conclusion
• Overall clarity, including clear writing
• Overall significance

Selection of abstracts for presentation at the annual conference will be based upon scientific merit.

Abstracts

1. Complete the paperwork and COI and indicate your preferred type of presentation (paper, oral or poster)- paperwork includes 5 recent (within 5 years) references, and 2 learning objectives
2. Abstracts are limited to 350 words, this does not include the title, which is limited to 10 words. No references and no tables or graphs are permitted in the abstract.
3. Use the following headers: introduction, purpose, method, results, and conclusion.
4. Abstracts that do not conform to the guidelines or that arrive after the due date will not be reviewed
5. We can only communicate with the person who submits the abstract, not any secondary individual, and we will only communicate via email

This is a 2-day conference- presenters are expected to be there both days and we cannot accommodate any special requests for the time or date of your specific presentation.

Guidelines

Topics

Completed research study- (do not submit an abstract for a study that is not completed)- any specialty- Qualitative & Quantitative Studies will be considered

Innovation- Share best practices for facilitating nursing innovation that your organization has tried

Evidence-based Practice- Completed systematic review or meta-analysis following PRISMA guidelines (https://www.prisma-statement.org/) or completed EBP project implemented in your organization

Formats

Paper Presentations (Research)- limited to 30 minutes – One presenter only at the podium per presentation

Oral presentations (Research & EBP)- limited to 15 minutes to present and a 5-minute Q&A – One presenter only at the podium per presentation

Poster presentations- posters must conform to size requirements (No bigger than 4 ft high and 6 ft long) - presenters are expected to be at their posters during viewing both days of the conference. Posters are to be set up before the conference (by 7:30 am) and removed at the end of day 2 (no later than 4:30 pm).

Registration

• Registration and payment deadline is May 31, 2026.
• Registration cannot be refunded after May 1, 2026.
• For questions, please contact Sandra L. Siedlecki, PhD, RN, APRN, FAAN at siedles@ccf.org
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