Nursing management is a process with the main goal of improving the quality of nursing service. The World Health Organization defines nursing management as a process of systematically utilizing the potential abilities of nurses and other related personnel or equipment, environment and social activities in order to improve people's health.
Nursing is an important link in treating patients. Nurses are both medical providers and medical coordinators. In the process of nursing, a lot of nursing information will be produced, which is an important content of hospital information system, including scientific and technological information, diagnosis and treatment business information and nursing management information.
Swansburg, an American nursing scientist, pointed out that nursing management is a process of effectively utilizing human and material resources and promoting nurses to provide quality nursing services for patients. Gillies, an American nursing management expert, pointed out that nursing management is a working process in which nurses provide care, care and comfort for patients, so as to achieve the purpose of providing effective and economical nursing services for patients.