A nurse has missed 10 days of work while involved as a defendant in a malpractice lawsuit. Must the hospital where this nurse is employed and that was also named in the suit pay the nurse for those days?
1. Yes, the hospital is always responsible for expenses associated with work whether or not the expenses are related to a lawsuit.
2. In most cases, the hospital is only required to pay the nurse for one-half of time missed.
3. No, since the nurse caused the lawsuit to be filed, the hospital has no responsibility for pay.
4. Not necessarily, it depends upon the hospital's insurance policy and what it covers.
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Rationale: Most hospital insurance policies do not have supplementary payments for the nurse-defendant. This means that if the nurse incurs additional expenses in investigating the claim or loses days of work defending the claim, the nurse must cover those expenses out of pocket.
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