[Federal Register: April 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 70)]
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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: May 6, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.May 7, 2008, 
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone: 301-468-1100.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to examine the nursing 
curricula of the different levels of basic registered nursing 
education (associate degree, diploma and baccalaureate degree).The 
objectives of the meeting are to understand similarities and 
differences in the nursing curricula and the effectiveness of the 
curricula in preparing the 21st century nursing student for 
professional practice. This meeting is a continuation of the meeting 
that was held November 2007 in which the NACNEP examined issues 
regarding nursing education in relation to teaching and learning 
strategies and the needs of employers.
    Agenda: Agency and Bureau administrative updates will be 
provided. 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 the nursing curricula for the different levels of 
basic registered nursing education. Members from the professional 
nursing accreditation bodies, the state board of nursing and experts 
in the field of quality and safety education for nurses will provide 
information to assist the NACNEP in formulating and making their 
recommendations. This meeting and the meeting held November 2007 
will form the basis for NACNEP's mandated Eighth Annual Report.
    Agenda items are subject to change as dictated by the priorities 
of the Committee.
    Supplementary Information: 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 May 8, 2008, for the first 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 Contact: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members, minutes of the meeting, or other relevant 
information can contact Nancy Douglas-Kersellius, Acting Executive 
Secretary, National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and 
Practice, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, Room 9-36, 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: April 3, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-7591 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]

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