[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62058-62059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23627]


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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 (Public Law 92-463), notice is hereby given of the 
following meeting:


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    Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice 
(NACNEP).
    Dates and Times: November 3, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; November 4, 
2004, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; November 5, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: The St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20006.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Agenda: Agency and Bureau administrative updates will be 
provided. The purpose of the meeting is to continue the April 2004 
meeting focusing on geriatrics with implications for the nursing 
workforce, education and practice. While the April meeting focused 
on geriatric nursing workforce issues, geriatric nursing practice 
and education will be highlighted in this meeting. An opening 
presentation will provide a comprehensive view of patient safety in 
long-term care to be followed by a panel presentation of Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions 
(BHPr), geriatric exemplars. Additional presentations will highlight 
culturally competent care from the consumers' perspective and 
geriatric nursing education addressing models, gaps and implications 
for the future. An update of BHPr's performance measures will also 
be presented. Work group discussions will take place on the first 
and second days to develop recommendations related to geriatrics. On 
the third day the Council will review a draft of the Fourth Report 
to the Secretary, HHS, and Congress and finalize all geriatrics 
recommendations from the April 2004 and the November 2004 meetings 
on nursing workforce, education and practice.


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: October 14, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-23627 Filed 10-21-04; 8:45 am]
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