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Select the Best Response for the Nurse Who Receives a Question

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Select the best response for the nurse who receives a question from another health professional seeking to understand the difference between a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis.


A) "There is no functional difference between the two. Both identify human disorders."
B) "The DSM-5 diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture into account.
C) The DSM-5 diagnosis describes causes of disorders whereas a nursing diagnosis does not explore etiology."
D) "The DSM-5 diagnosis guides medical treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for issues a patient is experiencing."

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