Developing a poster about a clinical innovation. Part I: Ideas and abstract.

This is the first in a series of three articles developed to assist the CNS in planning, producing, and presenting a clinical poster. Choosing an idea that is likely to be accepted by reviewers and then planning and writing the abstract are described in this article. Practical instructions, specific to the clinical rather than the research poster, are given along with illustrative examples. A sample of reviewer evaluation criteria is given to help the nurse recognize a standard for excellence in innovative poster presentations and to provide reviewers with an objective evaluation tool.