Author Question: Finance departments in large health care organizations __________. a. provide guidance, ... (Read 92 times)

sammy · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Finance departments in large health care organizations __________.

a. provide guidance, timelines, and templates to nursing units
b. complete the budget for all nursing units
c. collate information from various templates provided by nursing units
d. manage payroll and organizational expenses only

Question 2

The Informatics Nurse Specialist functions in the role of:

a. entrepreneur, patient advocate, ethics committee member, and lobbyist.
b. policy developer, patient advocate, social worker, and researcher.
c. project manager, consultant, educator, and researcher.
d. development supporter, physician advocate, ethics committee member, and lobbyist.

Benayers · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a

a. Correct: In large organizations, a finance department prepares guidelines, a timeline, and financial expertise to managers of nursing units as they prepare and develop their budgets.
b. Incorrect: The finance department provides guidelines, timelines, and financial expertise, but does not actually prepare the budgets for nursing units.
c. Incorrect: The finance department may provide templates to nursing units, but does not collate information provided by nursing units. It collates budgets provided by various units into a total budget for the organization.
d. Incorrect: The finance department collects budgets related to all expenses in a health care organization. These may include, but are not limited to, payroll and organizational expenses.

Answer to Question 2

C
The Informatics Nurse Specialist may function in the role of project manager, consultant, educator,
researcher, development supporter, policy developer, and entrepreneur.