[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3536-3537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1568]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call 
the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information should have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

Proposed Project: The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses 2004 
(OMB No. 0915-0192)--Revision

    The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) is carried 
out to assist in fulfilling two Congressional mandates. Section 792 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295k), calls for the 
collection and analysis of data on health professions. Section 806 (f) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296e) requires that 
discipline specific workforce information and analytical activities are 
carried out as part of the advanced nursing education, workforce 
diversity, and basic nursing education and practice programs.
    Government agencies, legislative bodies and health professionals 
used data from previous national sample surveys of registered nurses to 
inform workforce policies. The information from this survey will 
continue to serve policy makers, and other consumers. Furthermore data 
collected in this survey will assist in determining the impact that 
changes in the health care system is having on employment status of 
registered nurses (RNs), the setting in which they are employed and the 
proportion of RNs who are employed full time and part time in nursing. 
The data will also indicate the number of RNs who are employed in jobs 
unrelated to nursing.
    The proposed survey design for the 2004 NSSRN follows that of the 
previous seven surveys. A probability sample is selected from a 
sampling frame compiled from files provided by the State Boards of 
Nursing in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. These files 
constitute a multiple sampling frame of all RNs licensed in the 50 
States and the District of Columbia. Sampling rates are set for each 
State based on considerations of statistical precision of the estimates 
and the costs involved in obtaining reliable national and State level 
estimates.
    Each sampled nurse will be asked to complete a self-administered 
questionnaire, which includes items on educational background, duties, 
employment status and setting, geographic mobility, and income.
    Estimated burden is as follows:

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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per     Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response          hours
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Questionnaires..................          39,360               1          39,360             .33          12,989
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    Send comments to Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 16C-17, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 17, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-1568 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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