Index 275National Institute for Nursing
Research, 251–252
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health
on workplace stress reduction,
212–212
National Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health
in safety risk reduction, 172, 174,
174b
National Labor Relations Act, 98
National League for Nursing, 34, 249,
251
National Nurses’ Society on Addictions,
186
National Organization for Associate
Degree Nursing, 251
National Patient Safety Goals, 147
National Quality Measures
Clearinghouse, 149
National Safety Council, 172
in safety risk reduction, 172
NCLEX–RN examination
for licensure, 34–35, 35t
study program for, 35
Needlestick Act, 183
Needlestick injuries
workplace, 172, 183–184
Negative feedback
guidelines for, 82t, 83b–84b, 83–84
Neglect
legal issues in patient, 126
Negligence
malpractice and, 24
standards of care and, 27
Negotiation
in formal conflict resolution, 98–99,
99b
in informal conflict resolution, 92,
92b, 96b–97b, 96–98
Neonatal care
ethical issues in, 45–46, 53
Netiquette
rules for, 76–77, 77b
Networking
in adaptation to workplace, 203, 203t
career enhancement and, 220
in effective management, 16, 16f
Nightingale
Florence, 240–243
on delegation, 116, 126
influence of, 240
on management, 242–243
nursing goal of, 240
power of information and, 65
Noise
as barrier to effective communication,
75
Nondirective leadership style, 6, 6t
in effective management, 17
Nondiscriminationethical principle of justice and, 45–46
Nonmaleficence
as ethical principle, 44–45
Non-nurse managers
time management and, 160
Nurse Practice Act, 261–262
Nurse-client relationship
lawsuit prevention and, 28
in quality improvement, 152
Nurse-physician relationship
communication and, 80–81, 81t
as source of conflict, 93
Nurses
career issues in, 217–237.See also
Career issues
empowering, 65–68, 68f
guidelines for work assignments for,
261–266
increasing demand for, 146
power sources of, 65
registered.SeeRegistered nurses
risk of violence to, 172, 176–179,
177b–179b
shortage of, 145–146, 206–207,
218
time allocation of, 159–160
in traditional hierarchical structure,
61, 62f–63f
workforce aging of, 146
Nursing ethics.See alsoEthics
defined, 48
Nursing faculty
shortage of, 146
Nursing labor market
in client care management,
145–146
Nursing practice
changing health-care climate and,
252–253
definitions of, 240, 247
ethics and, 48–54
codes of, 257–258
in ethical dilemmas, 49–52, 50b,
52b
future goals in, 254
history of, 240–248
honeymoon phase in, 200
law and, 21–37.See alsoLaw
medical practice versus, 27
men in, 248
orientation programs in, 201
reality shock in, 200
Nursing process
delegation and, 118–119, 120f
in resolution of ethical dilemmas,
49–52, 50b, 52b
Nursing Studies Index, 247
Nursing values
in codes of ethics, 257–258
Nutrition
in stress management, 210, 210bO
Objective
in résumé writing, 222, 224
Observation
expertise enhanced by, 68
Occupational injuries
ergonomic, 184–185
needlestick, 183–184
overview of, 172
from workplace violence, 176–179
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard of,
183
ergonomic guidelines of, 184–185
in safety risk reduction, 172–173, 173t
Opportunities
as power source, 66
in SWOT analysis, 219
Optimism
in effective leadership, 9, 9f
Oral communication
in job search, 220, 232–233
Organic organizational structure, 62, 64f
Organizations
characteristics of, 59–60
culture of, 59–60
empowerment through professional,
67
ethics of, 48
goals of, 60–61
power and empowerment and, 58–68
processes in, 64
quality and safety support from,
148b, 148–150
researching of, 220–221
scenarios illustrating, 58, 66
structure of, 61b, 61–62, 62f–64f
types of health-care, 58–59
work-related stress addressed by,
211–212
Organizing work
filing systems in, 162–163
goal setting in, 160–161, 161b–162b
list making in, 161
long–term planning in, 162
schedule and blocks of time in, 162
Ornish diet
as example of personal change, 110
Outcomes
in quality improvement evaluation,
139, 142, 142t, 152
Overtime
legal implications of, 33–34
mandatory, 187P
Participative leadership style, 6, 6t
Passive resistance
to change, 107, 107t2208_Index_267-280.qxd 11/6/09 6:04 PM Page 275