Katrina Gilbert Analysis

Besides a check, that she had to turn right back over to pay rent and buy few groceries in order to live for the next day. In turn, that same above described situation is the depressing truth about the cycle of poverty and the experience of one woman who placed herself in a project in order to relate the desperation of minimum wage workers of America.

J.W. first began her nursing career after she graduated from Truman State University with a BSN. She then went back to school at Webster University and graduated with a master’s degree in both health services management and nursing. After working in clinical positions for many years, she decided to return to school one last time to obtain her EED in higher education leadership from Lindenwood University. After her graduation from Truman and Webster, she began working on a medical surgical floor and mostly conducted surgeries on hips and shoulders. She did that for about nine months, but decided to switch since her work was very physically demanding. She stated, “Then I went to a different town and I worked in ICU where I was a head nurse in the step down unit and dialysis unit for a while” (Personal communication, 10/19/2017). She then

gambling. She gambled her life in order to attend the university which shows how dedicated she

Without a college degree, it is very difficult to get a financially stable job. To get a college degree you need some sort of income to pay for your schooling. She did not have a degree and ended up working for 7 dollars an hour or less. The work was both stressful and degrading.

have to train as a doctor to get the support she needs. In her studies

works long hours (holidays included) as a CNA at a nursing home making $9.25, just enough to

purchased a small house. She pays $800.00 per month towards her mortgage which also includes her

She worked in various hospitals in different position from a bed side nurse to the head nurse. Not content with her work, she continued with her studies and graduated Masters in Education from India,

case, she uses the money to pay for the rent, bills, child care, gasoline, and food. Most people living

She has a financially supportive husband who works to support both her and her children. This source of income will be beneficial for future health needs and other services they require and will ease the financial burden for them a bit.

She was struggling with the money since she had to spend most of it in rent.

* On May 9, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved Louisiana’s initial supplemental CDBG Disaster Action Plan and awarded the state $368.4 million to help meet the state’s infrastructure needs, provide interest-free small business bridge loans and support long-term planning efforts. On May 30, 2006, Secretary Jackson approved an amended plan and awarded an additional $4.6 billion of the state’s original $6.2 billion to fund Louisiana’s Road Home Program. This program provides up to $150,000 to eligible homeowners whose primary residences were located outside pre-Katrina designated flood zones and were destroyed or severely damaged following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (Hurricane Katrina:  What Government is Doing, 2006)

rest of her life. At this time, she discovered that her condition was hereditary and that three

She works as a medical scribe in the ER, paying close attention to every little detail in every operation she is involved in; every incision, every stitch, everything down nearly to the very words the doctor says must be recorded. This isn’t some walk in the park, sometimes she has to deal with some of the darkest and bleakest moments in a person’s life and watch on, not being able to do anything but record as best of notes as she possibly can. She pushes onward, however, with that same quiet strength she exhibits in class. She also takes up the role of babysitter as a second job, which in and of itself requires a lot of responsibility, all while maintaining the role of Executive Vice

Mrs. Brown on the other hand is a 28-year-old lady who works as a CNA at a local nursing home. She is the mother of a 4-year-old boy and a 5-year-old boy. Mrs. Brown is in good health,