To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend certain programs relating to the education of nurses, and for other purposes.
Nurse Education Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to remove provisions allowing certain expenditures relating to: (1) special projects in nurse education; (2) training of nurses in geriatrics; (3) innovative hospital nursing practice models; (4) advanced nurse education; (5) the education of nurse practitioners in geriatrics; (6) traineeships for nurse practitioners and nurse midwives; (7) post-baccalaureate fellowships for faculty of nursing schools; (8) traineeships for nurses in doctoral programs, nurse administrators, nurse educators, and nurse researchers; and (9) undergraduate education of professional nurses. Authorizes appropriations for related remaining provisions.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) special projects to increase nursing education for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (2) traineeships for nurse anesthetists; and (3) loan repayment programs for nurses providing service in certain health facilities.
Reallocates certain returned funds to such loan repayment programs rather than to programs for the undergraduate education of professional nurses.
Includes schools of nursing as eligible for grants and contracts relating to geriatric education centers.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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