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"This coverage relates specifically to responsibilities for arranging and qualifying suitable work for eligible healthcare providers. It is a valuable coverage for supervisors and charge nurses.

Let's say you are working in a hospital and you are responsible for distributing assignments to the other nurses on the shift. You unknowingly send a nurse into an area of the hospital that she's not really well-trained in. A lawsuit could occur if a claim arises from the nurse's unfamiliarity with the procedures of the area she worked in that evening- this happens all too often. You might be held responsible in the lawsuit because it was your decision to send that nurse to that area. This can also apply in a home health setting- if you are coordinating home visits for a staffing agency, for example, and you inadvertently send a nurse or an aide somewhere where their role exceeds their education and training, you might be held responsible for the consequences." ---NSO malpractice insurance documentation

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