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."
D
The medical diagnosis is concerned with the patient's disease state, causes, and cures, whereas the nursing diagnosis focuses on the patient's response to stress and possible caring interventions. Both tools consider culture. The DSM-IV-TR is multiaxial. Nursing diagnoses also consider potential problems.
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