Which of the following actions is consistent with a manager? (Select all that apply.)
a. Planning the agenda for a staff meeting
b. Directing nurse assistants in how to divide up patient care assignments
c. Organizing a group of nurses to present a topic at a staff meeting
d. Giving blood at the local hospital blood drive
e. Assume control of the guidelines for how hourly rounding will work on the unit
A, B, C, E
Managers plan, direct, organize. and control activities designated to their staff. Giving blood at the local hospital would not be an action that is consistent with a nurse manager role.
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