[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12554-12555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5675]


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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 meetings:
    Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice 
(NACNEP).
    Dates and Times: April 22, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    April 23, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Doubletree Bethesda Hotel & Executive 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.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues relating 
to the role of nursing in primary care and implications for workforce. 
The objectives of the meeting are to: (1) Delineate the variety of 
roles nurses play in primary care including health promotion, 
screening, public education, illness prevention, primary care and 
management of stable chronic conditions; (2) review and evaluate the 
data related to education preparation and supply of primary care nurses 
and advanced practice registered nurses; (3) describe factors that 
facilitate and sustain primary care practice by qualified, competent 
advanced practice registered nurses; (4) identify the financial and 
regulatory barriers to effective, accessible primary care delivered by 
nurses and recommended strategies for resolution; and (5) review and 
recommend community-based, nurse-directed models for primary care 
delivery that are cost effective and produce quality outcomes. This 
meeting is a continuation of the meeting that was held November 2009. 
Experts from professional nursing, public and private organizations 
will make presentations on primary care delivery models. During this 
meeting, the NACNEP council

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members will deliberate on the content presented and formulate 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Congress on the role of nursing in primary care. This meeting will form 
the basis for NACNEP's mandated Tenth Annual Report.
    The NACNEP will join the Council on Graduate Medical Education 
(COGME), the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine 
and Dentistry (ACTPCMD), and the Advisory Committee on 
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) on April 21, 2010, 
for the third Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) All Advisory 
Committee Meeting. Please refer to the Federal Register notice for the 
BHPr All Advisory Committee Meeting for additional details.
    For further information regarding NACNEP, to obtain a roster of 
members, minutes of the meeting, or other relevant information, contact 
Lakisha Smith, Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council on Nurse 
Education and Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone (301) 443-5688. Information 
can also be found at the following web site: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/nacnep.htm

    Dated: March 10, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-5675 Filed 3-15-10; 8:45 am]
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