[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37505-37506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15819]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

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 are 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.

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    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          hour
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Questionnaires..................         39,584               1          39,584             .33          13,063
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eyte, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number (202) 395-4650.

    Dated: June 17, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-15819 Filed 6-23-03; 8:45 am]
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