title: Conference presentations: a guide to writing the abstract.
abstract: Brenda Happell explains the role of the abstract in conference presentations and provides a practical guide to help nurses through the process of writing one. She also gives tips on what to avoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Innovation, Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Happell
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D035081:Editorial Policies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards