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).

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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.

A Nurse Manager's Responsibility for Financial Management Involves Making Budgetary