Notice2025-06678
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
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April 18, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentCensus Bureau
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us to assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed reinstatement, with change, of National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN), prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16495-16496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06678]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us to assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed reinstatement, with change, of National Sample Survey of
Registered Nurses (NSSRN), prior to the submission of the information
collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before June 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#50313434207e3e2323223e1033353e2325237e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f7e7b7b6f31716c6c6d715f7c7a716c6a6c31787069">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference National Sample Survey of
Registered Nurses (NSSRN) in the subject line of your comments. You may
also submit comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2025-0003, to
the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All
comments received are part of the public record. No comments will be
posted to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> for public viewing until after the
comment period has closed. Comments will generally be posted without
change. All Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and
address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe
PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Brian Lester, Assistant Survey Director (301) 763-4396, and
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a6878636b64246e24666f797e6f784a696f64797f79246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff9d8d969e91d19bd1939a8c8b9a8dbf9c9a918c8a8cd1989089">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, which is sponsored
by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) under the
Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, is conducted to assist in fulfilling the
Congressional mandates of the Public Health Service Act. Under 42
U.S.C. 294n(b)(2)(A), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) must establish a National Center for Health Workforce
Analysis responsible for the development of information describing and
analyzing the health care workforce and workforce-related issues, as
well as to provide necessary information for decision-making regarding
future directions in health professions and nursing programs in
response to societal and professional needs. Additionally, 42 U.S.C
295k(a)-(b) requires the Secretary to establish ``a program, including
a uniform health professions data reporting system, to collect,
compile, and analyze data on health professions personnel'' which may
be expanded to include, whenever determined necessary by the Secretary,
``the collection, compilation, and analysis of data . . . health care
administration personnel, nurses, allied health personnel . . . in
States designated by the Secretary to be included in the program.'' The
NSSRN is designed to obtain the necessary data to determine the
characteristics and distribution of Registered Nurses (RNs) throughout
the United States, as well as emerging patters in their employment
characteristics. These data will provide the means for the evaluation
and assessment of these evolving characteristics, educational
qualifications, and career employment patterns of RNs, consistent with
the goals of congressional mandates of the Public Health Service Act
found in 42 U.S.C. 294n(b)(2)(A) and 295k(a)-(b). Such data is
particularly important to understand workforce issues faced by
Registered Nurses given the dynamic change in the RN population and the
transformation of the healthcare system in recent years.
NSSRN is seeking clearance to make the following changes:
<bullet> Revised questionnaire content--there are modifications to
the questionnaire which include removing items, modifying existing
items, and adding new content for the 2026 NSSRN. Questionnaire
relating to the coronavirus pandemic have been removed, as have
redundant and unneeded open-ended response options. Explanatory help
text is added where needed. Additional questions related to teaching/
precepting nurses and nursing burnout are added for 2026. New content
has been cognitively tested. The final set of proposed new and modified
content will be included in the full OMB ICR for the 2026 NSSRN.
From the prior cycle of the NSSRN, using American Association for
Public Opinion Research definitions of response, we expect the 2026
NSSR to achieve a 50% response rate.
II. Method of Collection
All 125,000 RNs will receive an initial invitation letter with
instructions on how to complete the questionnaire via the web. Ninety
percent of the sampled RNs will receive a $5 unconditional monetary
incentive with the initial invitation. No additional incentives are
planned for subsequent follow-up mailings.
Following the initial invitation letter, two additional web
invitations, two reminder pressure sealed postcards, and one paper
questionnaire mailing will be sent. Similar to previous rounds of the
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survey, the 2026 NSSRN will employ a Telephone Questionnaire Assistance
(TQA) line. TQA staff will not only be able to answer respondent
questions and concerns regarding the survey but will also be able to
collect survey responses over the telephone using administrative access
to the web instrument per respondent request.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-1002.
Form Number(s): NSSRN.
Type of Review: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Nursing populations, researchers, policy makers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 62,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Census Authority: 13 U.S.C 8(b).
HRSA Authority: Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 294n(b)(2)(A)
and 42 U.S.C. 295k(a)-(b).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-06678 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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