A nurse decided to set up a planning group. All of the following groups of people expressed interest in being involved in the planning along with the nursing staff
If the nurse must eliminate one group to keep the size of the group manageable, which of the following groups should the nurse eliminate?
a. A convenience selection of local citizens
b. Formal and informal leaders of the community
c. Those who are probably going to be against the intervention
d. The aggregate for which the intervention is going to be implemented
ANS: A
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