title: Time management.
abstract: Maximization of the nurse administrator's managerial time is the focus of this article. Activities inventory, goal setting, assessing peak and low times, scheduling activities, using transition times, streamlining paperwork, using the telephone, office visits, and meetings are discussed. The author addresses planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling at the organizational level as ways to maximize organizational time.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013995:Time