A nurse researcher is investigating the effect of type of operating room mattress and surgical position on tissue interface pressures in healthy young adults. Which component of research is most affected by the choice of subjects?
A) Mortality
B) Instrumentation
C) Internal validity
D) External validity

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The choice of subjects (healthy young adults) primarily affects the external validity of the study, as it determines how generalizable the findings are to other populations beyond the specific group studied.

A Nurse Researcher Is Investigating the Effect of Type of Operating