title: Protection from negligence lawsuits.
abstract: Learn the four elements necessary to prove professional negligence, what actually happens in this type of lawsuit, and how nurse managers can protect themselves from claims based on vicarious liability.
authors.affiliation: Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, N.J., USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Showers
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States