The Nursing Manager of a General Medical-Surgical Unit in a Large

The nursing manager of a general medical-surgical unit in a large hospital has gathered data reflecting the average length of time that it takes to provide nursing care to broad categories of client groups with typical characteristics. The system that the nursing manager has used to classify patients has been criticized for its reliability, validity, and:

A) comparability across settings.
B) medical elements.
C) stereotyping of patients.
D) subjective basis.