[Reformation of the nursing administration and management system]

In today's rapidly changing healthcare environment, nursing administrators and managers must enhance their abilities to anticipate and manage change in order to minimize the impact of such on healthcare delivery systems. To maintain patient care quality, nursing leaders should be familiar with change trends and implement innovative strategies that improve the work environment for nurses. This paper describes current major challenges faced by nursing administrators and introduces the concept of change and related strategies and available change management tools. This paper used five core competencies proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to illustrate and share experiences of managing change in clinical settings.