title: Nursing malpractice: cause for consideration.
abstract: Because so many factors influence a patient's health, it's difficult to know with certainty that a nurse's error actually caused the negative outcome. In nursing malpractice cases, causation can be a successful defense strategy.
authors: Legal Services/Risk Management Department, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., USA.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Fiesta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States