Multiple Choice
For a nursing malpractice action,essential characteristics of negligence must be present.Which of the following constitute these essential characteristics?
A) The nurse assumed the responsibility for the patient's care.
B) The nurse is found to have failed to meet the standard of care.
C) The harm to the patient must be shown to have been caused by the failure to meet the standard of care.
D) Harm to an individual has occurred.
E) The nurse's action involves acts of commission.
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