Nurses are discussing the issue of transporting patients in their personal vehicles for work, specifically in the context of a home health nursing agency in Pennsylvania. Some nurses have been asked to transport patients, but are concerned about insurance coverage and safety implications, especially in cases where patients have medical needs like seizures. The consensus is that using personal vehicles for patient transport is not safe or standard practice, and nurses should not agree to do so.
Hi everybody. I have recently started working at a home health nursing agency in Pennsylvania. I have a problem and wanted to post this for any other nurses who might be in a similar situation.
There is a new case that was presented to me; the patient is a little girl with multiple needs. After meeting with the mother, I was told that she needed me to drive this child to and from school and also to some various appts. Well, I didn't have a problem doing it if the company was ok with it. The company said it was fine if I signed a waiver. That got me thinking I had better check with my insurance company to make sure I would be properly covered if anything were to happen with this child in my car. My car insurance company told me that I would need a commercial policy to cover this type of situation. They even went as far as to give me the names of two other insurance companies because they themselves could not provide me with the proper policy. HOLY CRAP! This nursing agency never told me that I needed a commercial policy, and they are acting like they had no idea. They have many nurses who transport patients from what I've been told, and these nurses apparently all have normal personal policies. WTH?
Has anybody ever heard of this before? I obviously won't be signing any waiver or changing my policy, so I will probably have to decline the case.
So glad I found this article regarding driving your patient in your own car. I've been taking care of school age little boy and his Mom asked me this morning if I could give him and his Grandmother a ride to an after school Kumon class. I just didn't feel comfortable doing so glad I did my research on here and found this article Thank you!
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So glad I found this article regarding driving your patient in your own car. I've been taking care of school age little boy and his Mom asked me this morning if I could give him and his Grandmother a ride to an after school Kumon class. I just didn't feel comfortable doing so glad I did my research on here and found this article Thank you!