A nursing student is explaining to his or her family that nursing differs from medicine primarily in that nursing
a. does not consider the patient's environment.
b. is concerned with the wholeness of human beings.
c. primarily involves following doctors' orders.
d. revolves completely around systems theory.
B
Whereas medicine focuses on the identification and treatment of disease, nursing focuses on the wholeness of human beings.
All nursing theories conceptualize environment as a core concept, whether stated or implied.
Although following physician-prescribed treatments is a component of nursing, nurses can also create their own care plans using both independent and dependent nursing activities.
Systems theory is a part of many nursing theories but not all.
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