Financial responsibility and budget decision making.
The nursing budget constitutes one of the largest department budgets in most hospitals and in many cases involves managing millions of dollars. The degree to which the nurse executive has freedom to control financial resources has a major impact on the hospital's ability to compete in a rapidly changing marketplace characterized by a severe nursing shortage. Findings indicate a continuing problem with authority in matters germane to resource allocation.
Hodges
L C
LC
College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
Poteet
G W
GW
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States