Ethical Vignette Paper 1
Ethical Vignette Paper 1
Tanya Pamplin
COUN 501
2/3/2015
Liberty University
Dr. Alyson Pompeo-Fargnoli
Ethical Vignette Paper 1
SUMMARY:
The vignette video covered ethical issues such as; duty to report, duty to warn, confidentiality and privileged information. The first case scenario was about a foster child by the name of Dominic who was taken to the emergency room by his foster parent. Dominic was unconscious when he arrived at the hospital and he had a bruise under his eye and several bruises on his body. The foster parent explained that the child had suffered bruises from being jostled in his car seat. Ms. Brown, the nurse on duty, accepted the explanation and Dominic was released the next day only to return four days later with a head injury. Dominic died in the emergency room.
Health care professionals have the duty to report suspected child abuse; therefore, Nurse Brown faced criminal charges. The argument that Nurse Brown posed was that the phrase, “reasonable cause to suspect” was too vague, thereby, unconstitutional. The trial court agreed with Mrs. Brown that the statute referencing reasonable cause to suspect was too vague; as a result, he dismissed the charges against Nurse Brown. However, it was sent to the Supreme Court and decision was overturned and the statute was upheld.
In the second case, confidentiality and the exception to confidentiality is discussed. The client in this case is a lady who was a longtime client of a therapist. The client was rear ended by a drunk driver. This client reportedly claimed having issues with sleeping, eating , and intimacy with her husband as a result of the accident in addition to developing anxiety and suffering from physical injuries. This client decided to sue as she had to increase her sessions to twice a week due to suffering from the accident. As a result, the lawyer of the presumably drunk driver subpoenaed her records of counseling. The client in this case waived her
Tanya Pamplin
COUN 501
2/3/2015
Liberty University
Dr. Alyson Pompeo-Fargnoli
Ethical Vignette Paper 1
SUMMARY:
The vignette video covered ethical issues such as; duty to report, duty to warn, confidentiality and privileged information. The first case scenario was about a foster child by the name of Dominic who was taken to the emergency room by his foster parent. Dominic was unconscious when he arrived at the hospital and he had a bruise under his eye and several bruises on his body. The foster parent explained that the child had suffered bruises from being jostled in his car seat. Ms. Brown, the nurse on duty, accepted the explanation and Dominic was released the next day only to return four days later with a head injury. Dominic died in the emergency room.
Health care professionals have the duty to report suspected child abuse; therefore, Nurse Brown faced criminal charges. The argument that Nurse Brown posed was that the phrase, “reasonable cause to suspect” was too vague, thereby, unconstitutional. The trial court agreed with Mrs. Brown that the statute referencing reasonable cause to suspect was too vague; as a result, he dismissed the charges against Nurse Brown. However, it was sent to the Supreme Court and decision was overturned and the statute was upheld.
In the second case, confidentiality and the exception to confidentiality is discussed. The client in this case is a lady who was a longtime client of a therapist. The client was rear ended by a drunk driver. This client reportedly claimed having issues with sleeping, eating , and intimacy with her husband as a result of the accident in addition to developing anxiety and suffering from physical injuries. This client decided to sue as she had to increase her sessions to twice a week due to suffering from the accident. As a result, the lawyer of the presumably drunk driver subpoenaed her records of counseling. The client in this case waived her