Online abstract submission for the 11^th International EAUN Meeting, Barcelona, 17-19 April 2010, is available as of 1 July 2009.

Abstract submission has closed on 1 December 2009 (23:59:59 CET). As of 29 December 2009 you can check the status of your abstract submission at the online abstract submission system.

Abstract submission rules for nurses

• Authors may submit more than one abstract but are asked to exercise reasonable restraint
• The submitted abstract(s) must describe unpublished work which is not awaiting possible acceptance by any other international society that publishes its proceedings
• Abstracts may not have been published or presented at an international congress previously at the time of submission for the annual EAUN congress. This rule applies for European as well as US abstract submitters.
• Any human experimentation that has been conducted with respect to the submitted abstract(s), should have been conducted according to the protocol approved by the institutional or local committee on ethics in human investigation; or, if no such committee exists, the works should have been conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki of World Medical Association. Council may enquire further into ethical aspects when evaluating the abstract(s)
• Copyright of the abstract(s) is assigned to the European Association of Urology Nurses
• Accepted abstracts will be published on our website www.uroweb.org
• Abstracts must be submitted in English
• Cancellation or name changes should be notified 2 months prior to the congress
• When you have included graphs or pictures in your abstract you are obliged to send your original source file (e.g. Excel, jpg) by separate e-mail to abstracts@congressconsultants.com

Ranking system

Practical-oriented and scientific-oriented abstracts will be ranked separately.

The reviewers will give rankings from 1 to 5 points on the following 3 criteria:
1. Importance of the topic
2. Originality of the abstract
3. Quality of the abstract
4. Not relevant to nursing, not written by a nurse 

Requirements

1.    The topic of this abstract is relevant to nursing
2.    The submitter of this abstract is a registered nurse 
3.    The presenter of this abstract is a registered nurse

Presentations

The format of an oral session
-     Introduction by the chairs (5 minutes)
-     Presentations (8 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion per presenter)
-     Do not use too many slides: max. 10 slides 

The format of a poster session
-     Poster viewing; presenter should remain near his/her poster  (30 minutes)
-     Introduction by chairmen (4 minutes)
-     Presentations (6 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion per presenter)
-     Your poster will be show during the presentation in a PowerPoint. You may also include
      1-3 slides before the poster.

All selected posters will be printed and made available to the audience.
Complete Rules for Presentations by nurses:

• Oral Presentation Instructions
• Poster Presentation Instructions

Prizes

Four prizes will be awarded, two for the best posters and two for the best oral presentations.

In both categories one prize will be awarded for the best practical-oriented abstract and one for the best scientific-oriented abstract.

Prize winners have to be present at the award session on Monday to accept their prize. If they are not present, the prize will be awarded to the next best abstract. 

• System requirements
  You need a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 to use the abstract submission properly.
  You need Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher to enter the abstract submission system.
• Size
  The submission programme will automatically calculate the size of your abstract and will not allow submissions that do not fit in the size requirements. The size of the abstract is limited to 3,000 characters (this includes title, body of abstract, spaces, tables and graphics).
• Title
  The first letter of the title will automatically begin with a capital letter. Do type the abstract in small letters, except for abbreviations. Do NOT type the full title in capital letters.
  The title should clearly define the topic. Do not identify your institution in the title.
• Authors
  Type full last name and first name of all authors, only omitting any titles, degrees and institutional affiliations.
• Affiliation
  Type the name of the Institution, Department, City and Country. If co-authors are from the same institution, the programme will automatically copy all information into the next boxes, so that you do not have to type all information again. If co-authors are not from the same institution you can edit each box you prefer.
• Body of the abstract
  State the objective of the study, describe the material and methods, summarize the results presenting sufficient details to support the conclusions reached (it is not acceptable to state: “The results will be discussed”). Use numbers for numbers and only very well known abbreviations e.g., ml, kg, MRI… If you must use other abbreviations, you must explain the first time it appears. You can use the special keys to insert tables, pictures or specific characters.
• Proof reading
  Verify that your abstract is correct and read the proof carefully that will be automatically shown after you have inserted all data. Keep a printout for your own records. When you come to step 7, you will get a preview of your abstract which you can printout directly.