[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Ethical Problems 
Encountered by Registered Nurses and Social Workers: Implications for 
Job Satisfaction and Retention

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collected listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on January 16, 2003, page 2341 and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. Public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is 
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is 
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: The Ethical Problems Encountered by Nurses and Social 
Workers: Implications for Job Satisfaction and Retention.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New.
    Need and Use of Information Collected: The purposes of the study 
are (1) To identify common ethical problems experienced by nurses and 
social workers in health care settings; (2) to identify the 
relationships between selected individual and organizational factors 
and perceptions of ethics stress, job satisfaction, and retention; and 
(3) to identify the availability of ethics support services. The 
findings will provide valuable information concerning: (1) The extent 
to which ethical problems and stress are contributing to a shortage of 
health care providers; (2) the importance of ethics related content in 
nurses' and social workers' education; and (3) the importance of ethics 
support services.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Affected Public: Individuals; Academic Institutions; Business or 
for-profit; Not-for-profit organizations.
    Type of Respondents: Registered Nurses and Social Workers. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3000;
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: .33; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 990.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $75,000. There 
are not Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. 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, Warrent 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].
    Requested 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 of 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) Ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection 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.
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: May 12, 2003.
David K. Henderson
Deputy Director, Warrent G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National 
Institutes of Health.
Ezekiel J. Emanual
Director, Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical 
Center, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 03-12663 Filed 5-19-03; 8:45 am]
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