In a nursing negligence context, what is required for a claim to succeed in terms of damages?

• A. Direct Supervision
• B. Damages
• C. Depositions
• D. DNR

Answer: (B)

In nursing negligence, the element that allows a claim to be compensated is proof of damages. Even if a nurse’s duty was breached, you must show that harm resulted—the patient incurred actual losses or injury—from that breach. Damages can be economic, like medical bills and lost wages, or non-economic, like pain and suffering. Without proving these harms, there’s no basis for recovery, though nominal damages might be discussed in some contexts if a breach occurred without measurable loss. The other options don’t address the recoverable remedy: direct supervision relates to the standard of care, not the harm suffered; depositions are a discovery step; DNR refers to a clinical directive and not to damages.