[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 16583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7042]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice; Notice 
of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice 
(NACNEP).
    Dates and Times: April 14, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 15, 
2004, 8:30 a.m-5 p.m.; April 16, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
    Place: The Wyndham Washington DC Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Agenda: Agency and Bureau administrative updates will be 
provided. The purpose of the meeting will be to address issues 
related to Geriatric Care with implications for the nursing 
workforce. An opening presentation will provide a comprehensive view 
of geriatric care to be followed by presentations on the nursing 
workforce. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Bureau 
of Health Professions (BHPr), staff will present reports on the 
health care workforce and long term care models for the geriatric 
workforce. A presentation on long term care challenges and 
initiatives will be followed by a panel on geriatric perspectives 
across acute, home health and community and public health care 
settings. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, BHPr, 
staff will report on a study of nursing aides, home health aides and 
related health care occupations identifying local workforce 
shortages and associated data needs. Interdisciplinary issues for 
the geriatric workforce will be the last formal presentation. 
Council workgroups will then deliberate on the content of the 
meeting and develop recommendations on geriatric care with 
implications for the nursing workforce.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members, minutes of the meeting, or other relevant 
information should write or contact Ms. Elaine G. Cohen, M.S., R.N., 
Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council on Nurse Education 
and Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 9-35, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone (301) 443-1405.

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-7042 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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