[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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