Select the Best Response for the Nurse to a Question

question 8

Multiple Choice

Select the best response for the nurse to a question from another health professional regarding the difference between a diagnosis in DSM-V and a nursing diagnosis.

• A) "There is no functional difference between the two. Both identify human disorders."
• B) "The DSM-V diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture into account."
• C) "The DSM-V diagnosis describes causes of disorders whereas a nursing diagnosis does not explore etiology."
• D) "The DSM-V diagnosis guides medical treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for issues a patient is experiencing."

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Definitions:

Contingency Tables

Statistical tables used to display and analyze the relationship between two or more categorical variables.

Generalizations

Statements or conclusions that are made based on specific cases or evidence but are applied more broadly to larger groups or situations.

Categorical Data

Data that fit into distinct categories such as zip code or academic major.

Continuous Data

Data with incremental values between the minimum and maximum. For example, age can have values of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds.