title: The budget process in schools of nursing: a primer for the novice administrator.
abstract: All administrators are expected to be competent in budget and financial management. Novice administrators of schools of nursing are expected to know about the budgetary process, budgeting techniques, and the various types of budgets that can be used, such as the open-ended budget, incremental budget, alternate-level budget, quota budget, formula budget, intramural budget, zero-based budget, and cost center budget. In addition, administrators are expected to know what key questions need to be asked about how the budget is structured and revenue sources and how to manage and evaluate their budgets.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Starck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bailes
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002017:Budgets; D002202:Capital Financing; D007857:Leadership; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D009626:Terminology as Topic