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. Which is the charge nurse's best response?

Schedule a staff meeting to talk to the entire staff about avoiding prejudice.

Report the nurse to human resources for demonstrating prejudicial behavior.

Assign the patient to a different nurse and make a note never to assign this patient to this nurse.

Encourage the nurse to embrace diversity and reject prejudice