Nursing management involves the planning, organizing, coordinating, controlling, and improving of people, materials, money, information, and time to provide optimal nursing care. The primary focus is on organizing nursing activities, encompassing tasks such as clarifying, auditing, and improving operational processes, managing human resources, budget planning, execution, and evaluation, as well as labor management and adjustments to the working environment. These functions are carried out at various levels, including administrative, institutional, departmental, and nursing units.

Administration is a fundamental and crucial function for the survival and development of organizations, whether for profit or non-profit. The goal of nursing management is to indirectly support nursing professionals in effectively utilizing their abilities and delivering optimal nursing care with minimal time, energy, cost, and personnel resources. While nursing administrators, such as nursing directors, deputy nursing directors, and head nurses, play a central role in this, individual nurses also contribute as members of this collective effort.

In practical terms, nurses aim to deliver optimal nursing care, making decisions based on their professional responsibilities. Simultaneously, they collaborate with personnel in related fields, utilize various goods, machinery, equipment, and facilities, and also undertake administrative tasks as needed. Therefore, nursing management is a crucial aspect at every stage of nursing practice.

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