Nursing care management concepts: scoping review.
Aurilívia Carolinne Lima Barros, Jouhanna do Carmo Menegaz, José Luís Guedes Dos Santos and 3 others
PMID 36753193WHAT IT FOUND
The paper distinguishes 'Nursing Care Management' as macro-level network coordination from 'Nursing Care Administration' as micro-level unit organization.
Both require similar skills, but Management relies on strategic-cognitive competencies while Administration relies on strategic-administrative ones.
Key findings
01Nursing Care Management is defined as macro-political action focused on the proper functioning of the Health Care Network, ensuring working conditions and using strategic-cognitive competencies.
02Nursing Care Administration is defined as micro-political action focused on organizing the specific sector of activity, using strategic-administrative competencies and locoregional strategies.
03The literature analyzed was predominantly from Brazil (95.92%) and focused more on Administration (77.55%) than Management (22.44%).
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What it does not show
The review was limited to studies in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. The absence of more specific descriptors may have excluded relevant studies. The findings are heavily influenced by the Brazilian health system context (95.92% of studies from Brazil), which may not translate directly to other countries. Most included studies were qualitative or expert opinion, limiting the generalizability of the concepts.
Declared interests
Funded by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES).
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume these definitions apply universally. The distinction between 'Management' and 'Administration' is specific to the Brazilian health system's regulatory framework (NOB-SUS/01-96) and may not reflect terminology used in other countries, where 'management' often covers both concepts.