[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Ethical Issues
Associated With Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Practice: A
Comparative Analysis
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Clinical Bioethics, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the
information collected listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on January
22, 2002, page 2892 and allowed 60 days for public comment. Public
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required
to respond to an information collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Ethical Issues Associated with Nurse Practitioner and
Physician Assistant Practice: A Comparative Analysis. Type of
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information
Collected: The purposes of the study are (1) to examine whether the
current practice environment has created ethical concerns/conflict for
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the provision of
patient care; (2) to explore relationships between selected individual,
organizational, and state regulatory factors and ethical conflict in
practice and the perceived delivery of quality care; and (3) to examine
the perceived level of ethics preparedness and confidence in ethics
decision-making. The findings will provide valuable information
concerning: (1) The importance of ethics and ethical factors from the
perspective of different professional groups, and (2) ethics
educational needs of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals; Academic
Institutions, Business or for-profit; Not-for-profit organizations.
Type of Respondents: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. The
annual reporting burden follows in the table below. The annualized cost
to respondents is estimated at: $97,500. There are no Capital Costs to
report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.
Respondent and Burden Estimate Information
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Estimated
Estimated Average total
Estimated number of burden annual
Type of respondents number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent requested
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Nurse Practitioners......................................... 1950 1 .33 643.5
Physician Assistants........................................ 1950 1 .33 643.5
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Total................................................... ........... ........... ........... 1287
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Request for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used, (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Direct Comments to OMB
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact:
Connie Ulrich, RN, PhD., Principal Investigator, Department of Clinical
Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, Building 10, Room 1C118,
Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 451-8338 or E-
mail your request, including your address to culrich@cc.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this
publication.
Dated: June 3, 2002.
David K. Henderson,
Deputy Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National
Institutes of Health.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Director, Department of Clinical Bioethics, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical
Center, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 02-14438 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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