Introduction nursing administration & management

Subject: -
Leadership & Management

Topic:-
basicconcept of nursing administration and
management
Bipprozit mondal
Lecturer, Crp nursing college

Definition of Administration:-
According to L.D White, Administration is the
direction, cooperation, and control of many persons
to achieve some purpose and objectives.
According to Pfiffner & presthus, “Administration is
the organization and direction of human and material
resource to achieve the desired goal or ends”

Definition of Nursing Administration:-
“Nursing Administration may be best defined as the
strategic management of nursing personnel, patient
care, and facility resources through the support of
regulating polices”
An example of administration is the act of the manager
in the hospital managing the nursing staff and
employing the rules of the health system.

Definition of Management:-
It is difficult to define ‘Management’ because it is looked in to by
different scholars from different way-
According to gnamber, 1996 “Management can be defined as the
process of establishing organization objectives and their
accomplishment by working with individuals and group and creating
atmosphere of effective performance by the people in such organize
group.
Ralph C.Davis Defines “Management as a function of Executive
Leadership”
“Management can be defined as the art of getting the work done
through and with the people informally organized group”

Definition of Nursing Management:-
Nursing Management Is the body of knowledge related to
performing the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing
and controlling (evaluating) the activities of a nursing in
departmental subunits.
Define Nurse Manager:-
Person who is responsible for translating the administration's vision
into operating plans and acting in the middle and first-line levels of
hierarchy.

Importance of administration in nursing service:-
A. Hospital administration:
1. Administration is important in planning for total patient care.
2. It is essential for supervision.
3. Good administration is require for selection of personnel and assignment of
their activities.
4. Nursing administration is important in the hospital to provide health care
efficiently and effectively.
5. Relationship with other departments is largely a matter of administration.
6. To evaluate the quality of nursing service.

Importance of administration in nursing service:-
B. Institutional Administration:
1. To select teaching staff carefully, to retain good staff and to provide for the department of
faculty.
2. Administration of any nursing institute is important to give constant attention towards,
the quality, timing and cost of the work necessary to achieve its objectives.
3. Administration is important in curriculum development and to guide nursing
curriculum, improve curriculum and change curriculum.
4. Administration is important for the preparation of annual budget of the nursing
institute/college.
5. It is also important for the student personnel services.
6. Administration is essential for efficient communication
7. Administration is important to evaluate the nursing education program.

Planning and Decision Making: Setting an organization’s
goals and selecting a course of action from a set of
alternatives to achieve them.
Organizing: Determining how activities and resources are
grouped.
Leading: Getting organizational members to work together
to advance the interests of the organization.
Controlling: Monitoring organizational progress towards
goals.
The Management process (cont.…

Functions of management/Elements of administration:-
Henry Fayol's (1925) first identified the function of management as:-
Planning, Organizing, Command, Co-ordination, Control.
Later Luther (1937) expanded these activities by introducing more
activities in addition which is combined called
“POSDCORB”

Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Coordinating
Reporting
Budgeting

1.Management as a goal oriented: The main goal of Management is to ensure
efficiency and economy is the utilization of human, physical and financial
resources
2.Management is Universal: All type of organization like family, club, university,
nursing, government, army, cricket team, business, require management
3.Management is an interactive force: Management reconciles the individual goals
with organizational goals. It integrates human and other resources
4.Management is a social process: Management is done by the people, through the
people and for the people concerned with interpersonal relationship. A good
manager is a leader and not a boss.
Nature and Characteristics of Nursing management:-

5. Management is Multidisciplinary: Management depends up on wide knowledge
derived from several discipline like engineering, sociology, psychology,
economics etc.
6. Management is a Continuous process: Management is a continuous process
which continues until the goal is achieved
7. Management is intangible: It is invisible force. It cannot be seen but its presence
can be felt
8. Management Art as well as Sciences: Management consists of theoretical
knowledge as well as practical application of such knowledge
Nature and Characteristics of Nursing management (con..

.
Top Level
• Board of
Director
• Managing
Director
• General
Manager
Middle Level
• Departmenta
l Manager
• Deputy
Manager
• Asst.
Manager
Lower Level
• Supervisors
• Workers

Kinds of Managers by Level and Area:

Administration Management
It is a determinative or thinking function It is an executive or doing function
It is concerned with the determination of
major
It is concerned with the implementation of
policies
It is mainly a top level function It is largely a middle and lower level function
Decision are influenced by Public opinion
and outside forces
Decision influenced by Objectives and Policies
of the Company
Not directly concerned Actively concerned
Planning and Control are main functions Directing and Organizing are main functions
Conceptual and Human Skills Technical and Human Skills
Government and Public sector Business Organizations
Commissioner, Registrar, Vice-Chancellor,
Governor etc.
Managing Director , General Manager, Sales
Manager, Branch Manager etc.
Different between administration and management

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