The University Graduates of Nursing Science Association
(UGONSA), also known as Graduate Nurses Association of Nigeria (GNAN) will now hold
its suspended 19th National Professional Conference and Scientific Update from Sunday
7th July to Saturday 13th July, 2019 at Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. UGONSA
cordially invites Nurses to submit an abstract in research, project,
dissertation, thesis, or theoretical/conceptual framework to be considered for
presentation at the conference. Please, note that project papers should include
best evidence-based practices.
THEME: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN RESOURCE IN
NURSING EDUCATION AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: DYNAMICS AND NEXUS.
TAG: The conference shall be used to champion the course for
proper placement of Graduates of Bachelor of Nursing Science (B.N.Ns) degree at
par with their counterparts in other core healthcare disciplines and is
therefore tagged “PROPER PLACEMENT SUMMIT”.
Submission Deadline
Materials must be received by UGONSA no later than 12
Midnight on Tuesday April 30, 2019. No extension will be granted. Materials
should be submitted electronically, in Microsoft words format, through the
UGONSA official email address, gnan2ugonsa@gmail.com.
Abstract Review and Selection Process
After the submission deadline, all completed and eligible
abstracts will be made available to UGONSA Abstract Reviewers (AR) for blinded
review, vetting and scoring following satisfaction of originality index test.
Final decision will be made by the programme committee in Early June, 2019.
Abstracts will be evaluated and scored solely on their
scientific merits.
Incomplete Abstracts will not be reviewed.
Likewise, any material that fails the originality index test
will be regarded as a plagiarized work and will accordingly be rejected.
Acceptance/Rejection Notification
Notification regarding acceptance or rejection of abstracts
will be sent to the presenting author in Late June, 2019 by email;
consequently, an accurate email address is critical. If your abstract is
accepted, the email will specify whether it is accepted for presentation at the
plenary session or whether it has been selected to be published in our journal
and online on our website only. If you
submitted an abstract and did not receive any notification at this specified
time, you should send us an email via gnan2ugonsa@gmail.com or visit our site,
www.ugonsa.com , and fill the contact form.
If after completing your submission, you did not receive a
confirmation email from UGONSA within 72 hours, you should contact us as stated
above.
Abstract Submission Fee: Not Applicable
Conference Registration fee and Accommodation
The Conference schedule and registration modalities will be
on the conference posters and fliers that will be circulated round the country
by May 2019. Registration fee is N10, 000 (ten thousand naira) for Graduates
and N5000 (five thousand naira) for undergraduates. Fee shall cover conference
T-shirt, bag, Materials and meals (breakfast and lunch) only. Accommodation
shall be paid for by each of the participants. UGONSA shall bargain and arrange
for decent and affordable hotel accommodation in Kaduna within the price range
of N2000 (two thousand naira) to N7000 (seven thousand naira) per night to make
cost of lodging minimal and considerate for participants.
Conference Programme
The onsite printed programme will include the specific time
for each abstract presentation and the name of the moderator for each session.
Abstracts may list multiple study authors.
Presentation at the Conference
The presentation at the conference must reflect submitted
abstract. In particular, the abstract title, authorship, and scientific content
of the presentation at the conference must match the submitted abstract,
although updates on results may be added.
Guidelines for Paper Presentation at the Conference
Paper must not exceed 15 pages, including tables and
references, and should be typed double line space on A4-sized paper.
APA referencing format, 7th edition, should be used.
UGONSA shall make hard copies available to participants
during conference. Paper should include cover page with title,
author’s/authors’ name(s), institutional affiliation, and email address.
Commitment
Each submitter will be notified about the programme
committee’s decision on acceptance of an abstract. Each author shall be asked
to accept the invitation to present. Presenters must take very seriously their
commitment to make presentations, except in cases of true emergency. In such
case UGONSA shall publish an errata sheet to be distributed with the
proceedings indicating the names of individuals and their abstract titles that
have been listed for presentation but would no longer be presented at the conference. If a scheduled presenter failed to show-up
for reasons other than the aforementioned, such shall attract blacklisting
which shall cause UGONSA to refuse to accept subsequent works from the affected
author in the future.
Abstract Withdrawal
Once an abstract is accepted, a written request to withdraw
must be submitted no later than June 25th 2019 through gnan2ugonsa@gmail.com if
the author decides to withdraw the abstract for any reason. Abstracts will not
be withdrawn after this deadline.
UGONSA reserves the right to withdraw abstracts that are in
violation of the Association’s policies and guidelines, such as those that have
failed the originality index test for plagiarism, or have been deemed
scientifically unsound, or have been found to include inaccurate data, etc.
For further
inquiry, Kindly contact:
University
Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), CAC/IT/69387
C/O National
Secretary
O & G
Theatre Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki,
Ebonyi State
Nigeria.
Phone:
+2348065585953
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