The Nurse Explains to the Patient That Together They Will

The nurse explains to the patient that together they will plan the patient's care and set goals to achieve by discharge.The patient asks how this differs from what the physician does.Which statement best describes the difference between the roles of nursing and medicine in planning the patient's care and setting goals to achieve discharge?

A) Medicine cures;nursing cares.
B) Nurses assist physicians to diagnose and treat patients with health care problems.
C) Very little role difference exists between medicine and nursing;nurses perform many of the procedures done by physicians.
D) Medicine focuses on diagnosis and treatment of the health problem;nursing focuses on diagnosis and treatment of the patient's response to the health problem.