[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 217 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63618-63619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21978]


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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: November 15, 2007, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    November 16, 2007, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Doubletree Executive Hotel and Meeting Center, 8120 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    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 examine the issues 
facing nursing education in relation to teaching and learning 
strategies, the needs of employers and consumers for high quality 
professional nursing care across the lifespan and in a variety of 
settings, and nursing curricula to prepare the nursing student at 
the basic level (associate degree, diploma, and baccalaureate 
degree) to

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practice in a changing health care system. The objectives of the 
meeting are to: (1) Examine the most effective and relevant teaching 
and learning methods and strategies focusing on Competency Outcomes 
and Performance Assessment for students in the practice disciplines; 
(2) identify knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by the 21st 
century RN workforce as seen through the eyes of employers and 
consumers; and (3) examine nursing curricula among all three basic 
RN programs {associate degree, diploma and baccalaureate 
programs{time}  to understand similarities and differences in the 
respective programs and their ability to prepare the 21st century 
nursing student for professional practice.
    During this meeting, the NACNEP council members will deliberate 
as workgroups on the content presented and formulate recommendations 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress on 
teaching and learning strategies for future nursing students and 
nursing competencies required by employers and consumers. This 
meeting and the meeting held in April 2008 will form the basis for 
NACNEP's congressionally mandated Ninth Annual Report.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members, minutes of the meeting, or other relevant 
information should write or contact Dr. Joan Weiss, 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.
    Due to a delay in confirming several key speakers, this notice 
will publish in the Federal Register less than 15 days before the 
date of the meeting.

    Dated: November 5, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E7-21978 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am]
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