The nurse has been charged with malpractice. Which option reflects an element that must be present for this charge to be substantiated?
1. The nurse had no way of predicting that injury would result from the error.
2. The client had a duty to report what he or she was experiencing.
3. The nurse was providing care consistent with a national standard.
4. There was a causal relationship between the error and client injury.
Correct Answer: 4
The elements of proof for nursing malpractice are: 1. a duty of the nurse to the client to provide care and follow an acceptable standard; 2. a breach of the duty on the part of the nurse; 3. foreseeability or the remembering that if the nurse fails in the duty an injury may occur; 4. an injury to the client; and 5. a causal relationship between the breach of the duty and the client's subsequent injury.
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