Problem: A black female nurse employee has applied to be a Nurse Manager 3 times, but has not been hired for the position. Every time a white male with less experience has been hired for the position. The nurse feels that she has been discriminated against and wants to file an EEOC race and gender discrimination claim.

Your health care organization has just learned that it is out of compliance in the problem areas listed below. You have been asked to research the problem and write an interoffice research memo that is single spaced and not more than two pages. The Memo should addressed to the Risk Manager and include the following sections with a heading in bold for each section. Use APA for in-text citations and references.

Use only classroom materials to complete the memo. This would include the textbooks, web links, and the Classroom law library.

• Memo Heading
  • Memo To:
  • Memo From:
  • Date:
  • Re: (Regarding - your topic)
• Brief description of the problem
• State and/or federal law and agency guidelines or regulations that govern the issue including the penalty for non-compliance
• Evaluate the organizational vicarious liability.
• Evaluate 3 risk management tools that could be used to manage the risk. Indicate why you selected the tools you did. Identify how you would use the tool to identify, correct, and/or prevent risk in the situation you selected
• Recommend a 3-step (3 action) risk management plan that includes at least one of the risk management tools you evaluated.
• Give reasons to support your plan recommendations which include how the plan will mitigate, prevent, and correct the specific risk stated in your problem.