Includes appendix.

1.The nursing management process and overview --2. Planning for the nursing service --3. Organizing the nursing service --4. Directing the nursing services --5. Controlling --6.An overview on the nursing process --7. Assessing the patient's health care nursing needs and the problems --8. Nursing diagnosis --9. Developing the nursing care plan --10. Implementing the nursing care plan --11. Developing the nursing care plan --10. Implementing the nursing care plan --11. Evaluating the quality of nursing care --12. Ethico-legal aspects in nursing --Appendices --List of Figures --List of tables.

The management process is universal. It is used in business in the process of one's professional and even in running one's day-to-day personal affairs. For nurses, knowledge of this process assures them on the smooth functioning of their unit to attain their goal of quality Care through the judicious use of available human and material resources within a specified periods.