Malpractice insurance

I was recently told that it was advisable to not have private malpractice insurance and that it is better to be covered by the facility at my current job. This goes against everything I have been told in nursing school and by other nurses. In fact, I have always had my own private insurance. Can anyone shed some light on the issue. I would hate to have an issue arise if God forbid there was a lawsuit. Thanks.
Quote from amzyRNI was recently told that it was advisable to not have private malpractice insurance and that it is better to be covered by the facility at my current job. This goes against everything I have been told in nursing school and by other nurses. In fact, I have always had my own private insurance. Can anyone shed some light on the issue. I would hate to have an issue arise if God forbid there was a lawsuit. Thanks.

For a paltry $100 or so (about $8.50 a month) you've bought yourself legal coverage JUST IN CASE!!! And that coverage is for YOU and you alone in YOUR best interest. I've never worked without it even though I never needed it. I knew it was there.

Who was it that told you this?I have seen many nurses get "thrown under the bus" by employers who were looking for someone to blame for a bad outcome. The hospital's attorneys are being paid to represent the best interests of the facility/employer, not yours; I would never be willing to take legal advice from my employer's attorneys about anything important.My father, a physician, advised me back when I was in nursing school to never trust an employer to protect my interests, and to never work without my own liability insurance, and everything I've seen in 30 years of nursing practice has just proven what excellent advice that was. I've never worked a day without my own coverage, and I never would.

Quote from elkparkWho was it that told you this?

I was shocked when a video clip for school featured an RN with a law degree to boot who said nurses didn't need to carry their own insurance. Why?1) The hospital is going to be looking out for the hospital, not me. 2) The hospital is very unlikely to cover me for a lawsuit that is filed after I've moved on. 3) Peace of mind- someone on my side, looking out for only me. And they are there for things other than lawsuits filed against a facility- BON hearings and other things.I'm looking out for my #1 (me) by having insurance; the hospital's insurance will be looking out for their #1, and that ain't me.

I was told in a nursing orientation at one of my former jobs that nurses should always carry their own liability protection because if something happens the hospital's policy might cover you but if there's a settlement & the hospital decides what happened was the nurse's fault, the hospital can then turn around & sue the nurse.

You are pretty much told loud and clear about what hospitals will do if anything happens. They will pursue their own safety and benefit when things go south and you will be one of the first they will dispose. I am pretty careful in how I use my money, so before I purchased my first liability insurance last month through NSO, I read every posts and threads about insurances on this forum, and there is a loud, clear single point about it: GET IT. It cost me $108 for the whole year, and it's covered by occurrence, which means it's covered for life whether I continue the coverage in later years or not; that's more than a bargain in my opinion for that money.

When I was in nursing school one of my teachers told the whole class to not get liability insurance. Since I was already a LPN, I already had it. I knew better. She fed the whole, "You are covered by the hospital if you follow protocol" speech. Needless to say that is one piece of advice from my teacher that I did not follow.

The hospital will tell you this as they have their own interests to protect. They dint want to bother with your attorney, they will throw you under the bus and walk away.

Quote from amzyRNIt was the documentation specialist at my new job. I was very surprised, because I have always been advised just the opposite. In nursing school, many nurses stressed having our own. But this documentation specialists said that it was best to be covered by the facility, that they would have more coverage and it would be better to have one lawyer.

Quote from tarotaleYou are pretty much told loud and clear about what hospitals will do if anything happens. They will pursue their own safety and benefit when things go south and you will be one of the first they will dispose. I am pretty careful in how I use my money, so before I purchased my first liability insurance last month through NSO, I read every posts and threads about insurances on this forum, and there is a loud, clear single point about it: GET IT. It cost me $108 for the whole year, and it's covered by occurrence, which means it's covered for life whether I continue the coverage in later years or not; that's more than a bargain in my opinion for that money.

I have always been required to have insurance while in nursing school through the NSO. I have since then graduated and started working. Should I obtain coverage through that organization as an RN, too? What type of coverage is recommended?