[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 13038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5300]


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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 7, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 8, 2005, 
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Center, 1750 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    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 the impact of violence on the nursing workforce. An 
international expert in security will present the state of the art 
in terms of improved safety across the healthcare continuum. An 
educator with expertise in curricular issues and violence will 
present content specific to interpersonal violence, including the 
significance of the relevant Institute of Medicine report and 
resulting education and practice considerations. Finally, a practice 
expert will present on institutional security from the perspective 
of the Emergency Department. Council workgroups will deliberate on 
content presented and formulate recommendations to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Congress about improved safety in 
nursing education and practice and its influence in registered nurse 
recruitment and retention. This meeting will form the basis for 
NACNEP's mandated Fifth Annual Report. In addition, the Council will 
hear a presentation on a contract underway to define key factors in 
defining health care facilities with a critical shortage of nurses 
and about exemplary projects that promote effective recruitment of 
minority and disadvantaged individuals into nursing.
    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. Donna English, M.P.H., R.N., 
Acting Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council on Nurse 
Education and Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 9-35, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone (301) 443-5688.

    Dated: March 11, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-5300 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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