The charge nurse is preparing assignments when one of the staff nurses requests not to be assigned a specific patient, using a derogatory name to refer to the patient's ethnicity. What is the charge nurse's best response?
1. Encourage the nurse to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.
2. Report the nurse to human resources for demonstrating prejudicial behavior.
3. Assign the patient to a different nurse and make a note not to ever assign this patient to this nurse.
4. Schedule a staff meeting to talk to the entire staff about avoiding prejudice.
ANS: 1
While the nurse's request may need to be granted to protect the patient from poor care, the nurse should be encouraged to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.
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