The Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Case, Part 3B: Causation.

Am J Nurs

Edie Brous is a nurse and attorney in New York City and Pennsylvania, and the coordinator of Legal Clinic. Contact author: The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Published: January 2020

The chain of causation can be broken if an independent actor intervenes between the defendant's negligence and the resulting injury.

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