[Margaret Pilkington]

Nurses in the Uk do not purchase malpractice insurance......if they are in a union(the Royal College of Nursing is a sort of union) then they are covered to a degree......unless they perform first aid, and the person who recieves first aid comes to harm...then the nurse can be sued personally.......this is one of the reasons that I was most reluctant to give aid in an outside emergency situation.
Nurses are bad at first aid anyway...they are used to having equipment to help them.