Stacie, takes some time to contemplate her thoughts by concluding with, “I’m white and my husband is a Mexican. I mean a Mexican from Mexico as in Rio Verde, San Luis Potosi. When he and I met…he has machismo and it’s bad, but he knows that I am not going to do…like what he wants. He is a hard-working provider for his children and he believe that it is his responsibility to send them to college. He sent his two oldest to college. They are both doctors and his youngest son is studying to be a doctor, too. But, he is very jealous and he makes comments about me having to do his laundry. I had a discussion with him about me not being a housewife. We enjoy each other but one thing I become angry about is the temperature. He says the when it is
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The hospital social worker was ugly. She said she knew Jose and could not believe that he was the father to this baby…I am glad that you are going into this profession because we need nice, good people like you because she was ugly to me.” Stacie is crying at this point while trying to continue with, “I told the doctor about her and all he said was, “Oh that doesn’t surprise me, we have gotten other complaints about her.” You know this woman is suppose to help me write up a letter to provide to Homeland Security in order to grant a special request for Jose to come see his daughter in the NICU but this woman wrote out a poor letter where he was not able to be with me and his daughter…I’m sorry but she made me cry, I would normally be like hey back off -itch but…my baby could have died.” Stacie stops to compose herself. I consoled her with empathy and apologized for the rude behavior of the hospital social worker and decided to conclude our interview. This particular setting fits in with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder where “recognizing the likely existence of a traumatic history in the lives of social services consumers is the first step in facilitating safety in the physical environment and in relationships between clients and providers (including staff) (Levenson, p,
The hospital social worker was ugly. She said she knew Jose and could not believe that he was the father to this baby…I am glad that you are going into this profession because we need nice, good people like you because she was ugly to me.” Stacie is crying at this point while trying to continue with, “I told the doctor about her and all he said was, “Oh that doesn’t surprise me, we have gotten other complaints about her.” You know this woman is suppose to help me write up a letter to provide to Homeland Security in order to grant a special request for Jose to come see his daughter in the NICU but this woman wrote out a poor letter where he was not able to be with me and his daughter…I’m sorry but she made me cry, I would normally be like hey back off -itch but…my baby could have died.” Stacie stops to compose herself. I consoled her with empathy and apologized for the rude behavior of the hospital social worker and decided to conclude our interview. This particular setting fits in with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder where “recognizing the likely existence of a traumatic history in the lives of social services consumers is the first step in facilitating safety in the physical environment and in relationships between clients and providers (including staff) (Levenson, p,