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THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL REGISTERED NURSES IN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

97-566

SEPTEMBER 30, 1977

Serial 95-45

Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means

CONTENTS

Press release of Wednesday, September 14, 1977, announcing hearing on

the role of professional registered nurses in professional standards review

organizations..

WITNESSES

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Michael Goran, M.D.,

Acting Associate Administrator, Health Standards and Quality Bureau,

Health Care Financing Administration___

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Goldie Brangman__.

American Nurses Association:

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Patsy McClure, Tennessee State Nurses' Association...

Ruth Stewart, Texas State Nurses' Association__.

Roberta Thiry, Kansas State Nurses' Association..

Sandra Byers, Ohio Nurses' Association..

Russell Tranbarger, North Carolina State Nurses' Association..

Dr. Virginia Barker, New York State Nurses' Association..

Claire O'Neil, Connecticut Nurses' Association__

American Medical Association, John Glasson, M.D. and Harry Peterson__

American Speech and Hearing Association, Kathleen M. Griffin_..

Barker, Dr. Virginia, American Nurses' Association and the New York

State Nurses' Association___.

Brangman, Goldie, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Byers, Sandra, American Nurses' Association and the Ohio Nurses'

Association..

California Nurses' Association, Charles White-

Connecticut Nurses' Association, Claire O'Neil

Glasson, John, M.D., American Medical Association..

Griffin, Kathleen M., American Speech and Hearing Association_

Guy, Joan, American Nurses' Association..

Holleran, Connie, American Nurses' Association___.

Hull, Charles, Jr., National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses

Illinois State Nurses' Association, Judy Zoellner..

Kansas State Nurses' Association, Roberta Thiry-

McClure, Patsy, American Nurses' Association and the Tennessee State

Nurses' Association--

National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Charles Hull, Jr..

New York State Nurses' Association, Dr. Virginia Barker___

North Carolina State Nurses' Association, Russell Tranbarger..

Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetricians and Gyne-
cologists, Dorothy Telega....

Ohio Nurses' Association, Sandra Byers-

O'Neil, Claire, American Nurses' Association and the Connecticut Nurses'

Association_

Peterson, Harry, American Medical Association__.

Pickle, Hon. J. J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas.

Stewart, Ruth, Texas State Nurses' Association and the American Nurses'

Association

Telega, Dorothy, Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetri-

cians and Gynecologists--

Tennessee State Nurses' Association, Patsy McClure..

Texas State Nurses' Association, Ruth Stewart____.

Thiry, Roberta, American Nurses' Association and the Kansas State

Nurses' Association....

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Tranbarger, Russell, American Nurses' Association and the North Carolina
Nurses' Association___

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White, Charles, American Nurses' Association and the California Nurses'
Association....

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Zimmer, Marie, American Nurses' Association.

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Zoellner, Judy, American Nurses' Association and the Illinois State Nurses'
Association_

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MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

American Association of College Nursing, Linda Kay Amos, Ph. D., R.N.,
letter...

American Association of Professional Standards Review Organizations,
Harry Weeks, M.D., statement..

American College of Nurse-Midwives, Helen V. Burst, letter...-
American Dental Association, William E. Allen, D.D.S., statement_.
American Hospital Association, statement_

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American Occupational Therapy Association, James J. Garibaldi, letter.....
American Optometric Association, statement..
American Psychological Association, statement.

American Public Health Association, Katherine S. McCarter, statement..
American Public Welfare Association, National Council of State Public
Welfare Administrators of the, statement.......

American Society for Medical Technology, L'Nora Wells, letter – –
Coalition of American Public Employees, Patricia Ford-Roegner, letter..
Illinois Nurses Association, Chicago District, Jane Engle and Dorothy
Dosedlo, mailgram___

National Council of Community Hospitals, John F. Horty, statement..
National League for Nursing, statement...

Pepper, Hon. Claude, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Florida, and chairman, Select Committee on Aging and Subcommittee
on Health and Long-Term Care, statement...

Physicians National Housestaff Association, Jay Dobkin, letter.

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