Medical Staffing and Home Health

[ttpurtee]

I have a couple questions if you work for a medical staffing place do they give you insurance as a Registered Nurse?

Also, if you work for Home Health is that taking care of a person in their home? Is that as good of pay as a hospital? Would a job like that provide insurance for a RN?

Thanks in advance

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

you don't sound like a nurse, but in answer to your question you should always, always, always carry your own malpractice insurance. an employer may tell you they'll cover you, but when the chips are down, their lawyer will throw you under the bus in a heartbeat. also, their insurance can recover the loss they pay if a judgment goes against them (employer) for your action, and the insurance company will turn around to recover it from you, yourself, personally. the employer cannot stop them from doing this.

malpractice insurance is an excellent bargain-- plan on getting it when you graduate from school.

[ttpurtee]

I am not a nurse, I am debating on becoming one.

I was refering to medical health, dental insurance.

[tyvin, BSN, RN]

Is your state a state that requires employers to offer health insurance to their employees?

[laughing weasel]

Insurance depends on the size of the agency. Home health can make more at first but I believe that certs and experience can really up total salary. Home health salary is usually determined by medicaid reimbursement. There are several different kinds of home health visits are when you go to there house do an assessment and teaching and probably a treatment about thirty minutes a visit. I do shift work 8-12 hours a day in patient home. I do not recommend this to new nurses. You are in a position where you are it until the ambulance comes and that can be a very lonely time at three o'clock in the morning. It is very nice only having one patient to care for at a time.