Select the best response for the nurse who receives a query from another mental health professional seeking to understand the difference between a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis.
A) "There is no functional difference between the two.Both identify human disorders."
B) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis disregards culture,whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture into account."
C) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis is associated with present distress or disability,whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems."
D) "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis affects the choice of medical treatment,whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a patient is experiencing."
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