The ultimate purpose of nursing education is to train the nursing graduates to have professional nursing competency that will provide the high quality nursing services to patients and their families in clinical settings. The nursing education system should apply the spirit and concept of total quality management (TQM) to promote the quality of education. Hence the professional knowledge and ability of nursing students will be enhanced to meet the demand of society and improve the ability of competition. This paper provides the concept of total quality management and its application to nursing education.