Introduction to nursing profession -- Trends in health care system -- Leadership in nursing -- Nurse as a manager -- Concepts of administration -- Planning -- Organizing -- Staffing -- Directing -- Coordinating -- Reporting and recording -- Budgeting -- Human resource management -- Job evaluation -- Administration of health services in India -- Organization of health programs in India -- Management in health care delivery system -- Hospital administration -- Nursing service administration -- Discipline in nursing -- Health care economics and nursing -- Educational administration in nursing -- Clinical supervision -- Quality control -- Staff development -- Administration of wage and salary -- Role of employees union in administration -- Concepts of employees welfare and social security -- Legal and ethical aspects of nursing -- Current issues in nursing.