A nurse manager's responsibility for financial management involves making budgetary decisions. Budgets that allow the nurse manager to allocate resources at the unit level allow:
a. Minimal nurse manager input.
b. Limited rationale for budgetary requests.
c. Budgetary allocations at the executive nurse level.
d. Budgetary decision making at the point-of-service (POS).
D
In organizational structures where decision making occurs at the POS, nurse managers are given some self-control, which includes preparing and implementing a budget that meets the long- and short-term needs of their unit without requiring hierarchical approval.
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