Nursing management principles (Swansburg, 1993)

1. Nursing management is planning 2. Nursing management is effective use of time 3. Nursing management is decision making 4. Meeting patients nursing care needs is the business of the nurse manager 5. Nursing management is for mutation and achievement of social goals 6. Nursing management is organizing 7. Nursing management devotes function, social position or rank, a discipline, and a field of study 8. Nursing management is the effective organ of the division of nursing of the organization and of society in which it functions 9. Organizational culture reflects values and beliefs 10. Nursing management is directing or leading 11. A well-managed division of nursing motivates employees to perform satisfactorily 12. Nursing management is efficient communication 13. Nursing management is controlling or evaluating