Nursing administration is an area which combines the perspective of nursing with the methods of administration. The practice of nursing administration focuses of the administration of organized nursing services within health-care organizations and health-care systems for the purpose of delivering nursing services to groups of patients.

Nursing administration research is the study of organizational factors and management practices and their impact on nurses, nursing delivery systems, and patient outcomes. Nursing administration research is concerned with establishing the costs of nursing care, examining the relationships between nursing services and quality patient care, and viewing problems of nursing service delivery with the broader context of policy analysis and delivery of health-care services.