An employee's institution's malpractice insurance covers the nurse for incidences that occur:
A. while driving to work.
B. driving home from work.
C. while tending to people in the neighborhood.
D. while working within the scope of employment.
D
Malpractice insurance usually provides nurses with an attorney, payment of those fees, and payment of any judgment or settlement if a patient sues a nurse for medical malpractice. If a nurse works for a health care institution, generally the institution's insurance will cover the nurse during employment. If a nurse provides care on a voluntary basis outside the health care facility, hospital-provided malpractice insurance would not cover the nurse. The nurse will need to carry additional insurance.
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