Call for Abstracts - CLOSED

Access, Connection, Engagement Symposium 2027 Conference Theme
Well-Being by Design: Shaping the Future of Academic Nursing

Submission Topics:

• Well-Being and the Future of Nursing
  Presentations may address burnout, moral distress, overwork, workload sustainability, retention, workforce stability, stress, wellness, recovery, and organizational practices that support healthier learning and work environments.
• Feeling Valued: Addressing Civility, Psychological Safety, and Professional Respect
  Focusing  on developing strategies that reduce incivility, bullying, fear of speaking up, silence, disrespect, and harmful communication patterns in classrooms, clinical learning environments, simulation, advising, and practice settings. In addition, it addresses how academic and practice environments affirm the value, expertise, contributions, and lived experiences of students, staff, faculty, and nurses.
• Connection, Belonging, and Support Across the Education-to-Practice Continuum
  Presentations may explore how students, staff, faculty, and nurses in practice build meaningful relationships, reduce isolation, strengthen mentoring, support peer connection, and create communities where individuals feel seen and included. Academic-practice partnerships and structures that help all community members feel prepared and supported.
• Preparedness and Progression Across the Education-to-Practice Continuum
  Presentations may address advising, mentoring, clinical preparation, transition to practice, faculty development, staff support, academic-practice partnerships, and structures that help individuals feel prepared and supported.
• Systems-Level Approaches to Retention and Sustainability
  Presentations may focus on institutional, academic, and practice-based strategies that improve retention, reduce unnecessary burdens, address uneven experiences, and sustain the nursing workforce.

Before You Submit
To strengthen your submission, review the abstract scoring rubric. For full details, visit the Call for Abstracts page.