My wife is a RN and works for a state health department as a school nurse. The school district where she works has hired a private company to provide health care at the schools. However, the school nurses that work for the health department have to develop care plans for students who need them - but they will not be present to carry them out as the private company is being paid to do that.

The health department school nurses are concerned that they will be liable since they will be the ones signing the care plans. They've done some research and they think that they will be liable, whereas a lawyer from the state has told them that they won't be liable.

She and the other nurses are wondering if:
1 - They can be required to do this since it could put their license and livelihood in peril.
2 - If they lose their license because someone else fails to implement their care plan, or commits an error in doing so - can the nurses sue the state for loss of license, income, etc...