A nurse employed in a community hospital as a nurse manager. What does the nurse understand that in this position, the term authority most appropriately refers to?
A. Power of an individual to approve an action
B. Carrying the legal responsibility for others' performance of tasks
C. Accepting the responsibility for the actions of others
D. Being responsible for what staff members do
E. Ability to command an action
F. The official power to see that an organizational decision is enforced