The Staff Nurse Asks the Clinical Nurse Leader to Explain

The staff nurse asks the clinical nurse leader to explain the main purpose of an incident report. Which response does the clinical nurse leader choose?

A) "Incident reports are used by nurse managers to discipline nursing staff for making errors."
B) "If an error in care occurs, an incident report must be kept in the patient's medical record in case of a lawsuit."
C) "To promote open communication, a copy of the incident report should be provided to the patient."
D) "The risk management team uses incident reports to prevent the incident from recurring."