An instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of students about nursing leaders as public-policy pioneers. Which of the following would the instructor expect to include about the nursing leaders in the early 1900s?

A) Were committed to collective strength, being politically astute and active in advancing sociopolitical causes
B) Recognized politics as a necessary evil but did whatever they could to avoid active involvement in social or political issues
C) Avoided politics, turning to leaders in organized medicine to advance the health care and nursing agenda
D) Were active in influencing policy within the nursing profession but had little influence on greater social issues of the time

Ans: A) Were committed to collective strength, being politically astute and active in advancing sociopolitical causes