There are three levels of management in nursing.Which action by the nurse would indicate the nurse is a first-line nurse manager?
A)Responding to a patient complaint
B)Deciding to incorporate walking rounds shift report hospitalwide
C)Reevaluating the nursing policy permitting IV push of certain medications by RNs
D)Designating assignment of new admissions

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The first-line manager is the nurse manager and would be responsible for responding to patient complaints.Option B is incorrect because middle-level managers set short- and long-term goals.Option C is incorrect because reevaluating the nursing policy permitting IV push of certain medications by RNs is a responsibility of upper-level management to forecast trends in nursing.Option D is incorrect because designating assignment of new admissions would be the responsibility of the charge nurse.

There Are Three Levels of Management in Nursing