WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION MONOGRAPH SERIES No. 41 PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION APPLIED TO NURSING SERVICEPRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATION APPLIED TO NURSING SERVICE H. A. GODDARD Goddard & Company, Management Consul ultants, London, Engl Chairman, Nurses and Midwives Whit iter Council (Great Britain) ® WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GENEVA 1958First impression, October 1958 Second impression, October 1959 Third impression, January 1964 Fourth impression, May 1966 Fifth impression, February 1979 Authors alone are responsible for views expressed in the Monograph Series of the World Health Organization. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature which are not mentioned. Proprietary names are distinguished by initial capital letters. PRINTED IN SWITZERLAND