The nurse has been charged with malpractice.Which option reflects an element that must be present for this charge to be substantiated?

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For a charge of malpractice to be substantiated, there must be a causal relationship between the nurse's error and the injury experienced by the client. This means that the nurse's actions or inactions were directly responsible for the harm caused to the patient. Factors such as the nurse's ability to predict the outcome, the client's duty to report, or whether the nurse was providing care consistent with national standards may be relevant but are not sufficient to establish malpractice without a causal link between the error and injury.

The Nurse Has Been Charged with Malpractice