Ethical Vignette Paper
Rashanda Joe
Liberty University

Abstract
This paper presents a summary of the Counseling in Therapy video. In the video the actors discuss real life cases where the Supreme Court Judge had to rule on topics such as: exceptions to confidentiality, privilege, reporting, and the duty to warn. This writer will also discuss her finding s about the statures and laws as they pertain to North Carolina and give a summary of each. Finally the writer will discuss her reflection and how she could put these to action in her counseling career.

Summary
The video presentation was very interesting. It allowed actors to discuss real cases to give a better understanding about Confidentiality, Privilege, Reporting, and the Duty to Warn. It gave a clear picture of how these things, though they may sound similar are quite different in many ways. The first case was about a young boy was taken to the hospital by his foster parents. He was unconscious with bruises down the spine of his back and a bruise under his eye. When the nurse questioned her about it she stated that it was from being jostled in his car seat. The nurse did not make any note of that observation nor did she call CPS to report possible abuse as she believed what she was told by the foster mother. Dominic was then brought back to the hospital four days later suffering from head trauma and then died. Nurse Brown was being charged with a crime for failure to report the abuse. It is noted that health care professionals are mandated to report suspected child abuse or they could be charged with a crime. Nurse Brown defended her position by saying that the stature that requires healthcare professionals to report suspected child abuse was unconstitutionally void for vagueness. In this case the trial judge dismissed the charges against the nurse stating that it was too vague,