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. The Memo should be addressed to the Risk Manager.

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.

1. Description of the problem

2. State and/or federal law and agency guidelines or regulations that govern the issue including the penalty for non-compliance. (state the U.S.C. law and citiation).

3. Evaluate the organizational vicarious liability.

4. 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

5. Recommend a 3-step (3 action) risk management plan that includes at least one of the risk managements tools you evaluated.

6. Give reasons to support your plan recommendations which include how the plan will mitigate, prevent, and correct the specific risk stated in your problem.