[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 183 (Thursday, September 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49378-49379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23992]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


VA Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee, Notice of 
Establishment

    As required by Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, U.S.C. (App. 1), the VA hereby gives notice of the establishment 
of the VA Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee. VA has determined 
that this action is in the public interest.
    The objectives of this Committee are to advise the Under Secretary 
for Health about nursing innovations and specify changes necessary for 
VA to foster this progress. The Committee will review current 
innovations in nursing, current organizational incentives that foster 
innovation, current disincentives for innovations and suggested 
opportunities for enhanced innovation. The Committee will examine such 
issues as: clinical care, education, management, research, information 
management, non-traditional roles and creative alternatives to current 
practice.
    The Committee membership will be selected on the basis of 
professional expertise in current and future health care and nursing 
innovations. To ensure a balance, the Committee will be composed of a 
broad array of interdisciplinary individuals with expertise in current 
health care practices, business practices and entrepreneurial ventures. 
Some members will be selected from within VA to assure current policies 
and procedures are incorporated in the context of new recommendations 
developed by the Committee. Appointments will be for the duration of 
the Committee unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs. This is a mission-specific committee which will be terminated 
as soon as the stated mission is complete.

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    The Designated Federal Official for the Committee is Charlotte 
Beason, Ed.D., RN, Nursing Service Program Coordinator, Veterans Health 
Administration, at (202) 273-8422.

    Dated: September 11, 1996.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Eugene A. Brickhouse,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-23992 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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