[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1435]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed collection; Comment Request; Ethical Issues Associated 
With Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Practice: A Comparative 
Analysis

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the Department of Clinical 
Bioethics, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish 
periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Ethical Issues Associated with Nurse 
Practitioner and Physician Assistant Practice: A Comparative Analysis. 
Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The purposes of the study are (1) to examine 
whether the current practice environment has created ethical concerns/
conflict for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the 
provision of patient care; (2) to explore relationships between 
selected individual, organizational, and state regulatory factors and 
ethical conflict in practice and the perceived delivery of quality 
care; and (3) to examine the perceived level of ethics preparedness and 
confidence in ethics decision-making. The findings will provide 
valuable information concerning: (1) The importance of ethics and 
ethical factors from the perspective of different professional groups; 
and (2) ethics educational needs of Nurse Practitioners and Physician 
Assistants. Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals; 
Academic Institutions; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
organizations. Type of Respondents: Nurse Practitioners and Physician 
Assistants. The annual report burden is as follows: Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 1,400; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: .33; and Estimated Total Annual 
Burden Hours Requested: 462. The annualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at $33,600. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are 
no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection is information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) minimize the burden 
of information on those who are to respond, including the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Connie Ulrich, RN, PhD, Principal Investigator, 
Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, 
Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free 
number (301) 451-8338 or E-mail your request, including your address 
to: [email protected].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: 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: January 14, 2002.
David K. Henderson,
Deputy Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National 
Institutes of Health.
Ezekiel Emanuel,
Director, Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical 
Center, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 02-1435 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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