A nurse manager at a public health clinic is working to expand diversity of the clinic's nursing staff. The manager knows that which of the following factors is a barrier to creating a diverse workforce?

A. Nurses of color making up only 8% of the national workforce demonstrates a lack of representation, which is a barrier to expanding a diverse workforce. This limits the availability of diverse candidates for hire. B. There is no decrease in diverse populations; in fact, diversity is increasing, which supports the need for a more representative healthcare workforce. C. While male nurses are underrepresented, gender diversity is a separate dimension from racial and ethnic diversity. The underrepresentation of people of color is more directly tied to the barrier of workforce diversity addressed in this question. D. Distrust of the health care system is a barrier to access and utilization of healthcare services, not directly a barrier to recruiting and hiring a diverse nursing workforce.