VA Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

VA Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

As required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hereby gives notice that

the third meeting of the VA Innovations in Nursing Advisory Committee

will be held April 8-9, 1997, at VA Headquarters, 810 Vermont Avenue

NW, Washington, DC. The April 8, 1997, session will be held in room 230

and convene at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. The April 9, 1997,

session will be held in room 830 and convene at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn

at 3:00 p.m.

The purpose of the Committee is to present recommendations to the

Under Secretary for Health on how VA can generally promote and support

health care innovations in which nurses play key leadership and

clinical roles and which promote VA's reengineering efforts.

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On April 8, the Committee will hear presentations on current

innovative healthcare practices from representatives of private

healthcare systems, VA network directors and VA medical center

administrators. A public comment period is scheduled from 4:15-4:45

p.m. EDT.

On April 9, the Committee will hear presentations on VA eligibility

reform, employee education and product line management. A public

comment period is scheduled from 1:30-2:00 p.m. EDT.

The meeting is open to the public. Those who plan to attend or who

have questions concerning the meeting should contact the Designated

Federal Official for the Committee, Charlotte F. Beason, Ed.D., RN, at

(202) 273-8422.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-8420 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]

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