A psychiatric nurse is hired to work in the psychiatric emergency department of a large teaching hospital. While reviewing the manuals, the nurse reads, "People with mental health emergencies shall be triaged within 5 minutes of entering the emergency department." What does the nurse consider this statement to represent?A. Hospital policy.
B. Standard of care.
C. Hospital procedure.
D. Mental Health Bill of Rights.

Hospital policies are the policies that are made to set a general plan of action that is used to help in providing the outcomes and is helpful to make decision on the basis of these guidelines. It helps in providing the basic communication n between healthcare staff and employees.

In the provided statement it is stating the policy of the hospital in order to attending the specific patients according to the healthcare or hospital policies.

Thus, the correct answer is - hospital policies.