[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71297-71298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34071]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-day Proposed Collection: IHS 
Registered Nurses Recruitment and Retention Survey

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires the provision of a 60-day advance 
opportunity for public comment on proposed information collection 
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a 
summary of a proposed information collection to be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget for review.

Proposed Collection

    Title: 09-17-NEW, ``IHS Registered Nurses Recruitment and Retention 
Survey.'' Type of Information Collection Request: New collection. Form 
Number: No reporting forms required. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: The information collected in the proposed survey will be 
used to determine which improvemetns made since 1984 have worked and 
what additional changes need to be made to continue to attract and 
retain Registered Nurses in the IHS, tribal and urban (I/T/U) programs. 
The informaiton collected in the survey will help to determine (1) the 
factors that lead to the initial decision to work in the Indian health 
program; (2) what aspects of the job do/did these employees like or 
dislike and why; (3) how environmental and personal factors, such as 
living on or near reservations, local government housing, distance to 
shopping, schools (pre-school, elementary, and high), social 
activities, child care facilities, location and size of non-Indian 
community, sex and race differences, etc., affect their decision to 
continue with or terminate IHS employment; and (4) how work related 
issues and current changes, such as Indian preference, quality of other 
health care staff, local health care mangement pracitces, managed care, 
Tribal Self-Governance and Self-Determination, etc., affect their 
decision to stay with or leave IHS employment. Affected Public: 
Individuals, Type of Respondents: Current I/T/U Registered Nurses.
    Table 1 below provides the following information: types of data 
collection instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of 
responses per respondent, annual number of responses, average burden 
hour per response, and total annual burden hour.

                                                                         Table 1
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                                                                Estimated number    Responses per   Annual number of   Average burden     Total annual
                  Data collection instruments                    of respondents      respondent         responses     hr per response*    burden hours
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Nursing Survey................................................               600                 1               600    1.00 (60 Mins)               600
    Total.....................................................               600                 1               600    1.00 (60 mins)               600
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For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more 
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection 
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whethr the 
agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely 
fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for indivdiual respondents to provide the 
requested information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions 
used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and 
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

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    Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your 
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed 
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument(s) and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., 
IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, 
Rockville, MD 20852-1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-5938, send via 
fax to (301) 443-1522, or send your e-mail requests, comments, and 
return address to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 60 days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: December 16, 1998.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director.
[FR Doc. 98-34071 Filed 12-23-98; 8:45 am]
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