A Critical Care Nurse Asks a Psychiatric Nurse About the Difference

A critical care nurse asks a psychiatric nurse about the difference between a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and a nursing diagnosis. Select the psychiatric nurse's best response.

A) "No functional difference exists between the two diagnoses. Both serve to identify a human deviance."
B) "The DSM-5 diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis includes cultural variables."
C) "The DSM-5 diagnosis profiles present distress or disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems."
D) "The DSM-5 diagnosis influences the medical treatment; the nursing diagnosis offers a framework to identify interventions for problems a patient has or may experience."