A nurse manager is preparing performance appraisal evaluations. Which management function is the manager demonstrating?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Leading
4. Controlling
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Explanation: 1. This is not planning. If the manager took the information from performance appraisals and made a staff education plan, it would be planning.
2. This is not organizing, but if the manager was deciding how she would do her performance appraisals and in what order, this would be organizing.
3. The focus in not on the function of leading—though some aspects of leading are found in all of the other three management functions.
4. This function is controlling as the manager is ensuring quality and meeting standards.
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