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The Nursing

Management Process:
Planning

DR. CHRISTOPHER R. BAÑEZ


DEAN, COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
The Nursing Management Process

Planning
Organizing
Directing
Controlling
PLANNING

Deciding in advance
1. What to do
2. How to do a particular task
3. When to do it
4. Who is to do it
GOOD PLANNING

Good planning involves


Continuous process of assessment
Establishment of goals and objectives
Implementation
Evaluation of change
Poor Planning

 Delivery dates are not met


 Machines are idle, materials are wasted
 Nurses are overworked/underworked
 Skilled nurses doing unskilled work
 Nurses are fumbling on jobs for which they are not trained
 Quarreling, bickering, buck passing, and confusion
Group activity:
 For each clinical group, please design the following plan:
 Strategic Plan
 Operational Plan
 Gantt Chart
 Critical Path Method

Note: Imagine having your own hospital/institution.


Thank you!

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