writing a poster abstract guidelines for ess.pdf

5 Issue Three ? 2012 ting a Poster Abstract: Guidelines for ess Cindi Gordner, BS, RN and Linda Burkett, MSN, RN, CDE, PENS mittee W riting an abstract may seem like a daunting task especially for the novice. Many authors struggle with this task, although it is an important first step for a poster, a presentation, or an article. This article aims to give the abstract writer guidelines for submitting an abstract with the intent of aiding the writer to submit a essful abstract. While these guidelines are focused toward a PENS poster abstract, the concepts can be trans - ferred to other abstract submissions. Purpose of the Abstract The abstract serves three major functions. First, it enables the mittee (PENS mittee) to determine the relevance, as well as the quality of the presentation planned. Second, it allows the Conference mittee anize into themes. Third, the abstract serves to provide information to conference attendees regarding poster presentations when choosing which posters to view (Happell, 2008). The abstract is a glimpse of what is yet e, as well as a summary of what will be included in the poster presentation. It is not merely an introduction to the presentation, but rather showcases what is contained within the presentation (Watson, 2006). A poorly written abstract may be indica - tive of a poorly constructed poster, wherea