Sample Case Study For Social Work

John Marcel aged 47 and his wife Alexia aged 39 have been one of my most fascinating neighbors for about fifteen years. The couple has five children, of whom two were in college, one in high-school, and two in primary school. Marcel was working as a heavy machine operator in a certain factory as Alexia worked as a bank teller in a certain bank. Over the past seven years the family has been living in an overwhelming peace free from major conflicts.

Social Work Practicum 1 is one of the best courses I have ever partake in. It has left me with so much useful knowledge and a strong willingness to keep growing and doing the best I possibly can. We have done so many activities over the course of 3 months and I have become a better person and budding Social Worker because it. Yes, I have so much more to learn and I will walk into any situation with an open mind and the willingness to learn.

Her current prescription medications include a 225 mg tablet of Venlafaxine HCL once daily for anxiety related dizziness, and a 20 mg tablet of Atorvastatin for high cholesterol. She drinks alcohol socially, approximately two 12 ounce beers a day. She is a former smoker of one pack of cigarettes a day for nearly forty years. Her quite date was September, 2011. She denies the use of street drugs.

She has been sleeping better and her appetite has improved. She believes the outpatient therapy session have helped her with coping mechanisms. She has been trying to use diaphragmatic breathing techniques to assist her with her anxiety symptoms

She says that they were only intimate a couple of times. She is really not concerned about the possibility of STDs and does not think that it is something that she needs to worry about it, but would be willing to have testing done. Because of all the things that she has been going through, she has taken more of the lorazepam, especially recently in the last couple of days. She was given a 30 day prescription at the end of June and has approximately 15 or so left. She said she took two yesterday and one this morning as she has been dealing with the job and relationship issues. She occasionally has difficulty falling asleep and finds lorazepam helpful for that. She has otherwise has not had any side effects to it and has been tolerating it well. She does not need a refill of that today, but does

She has not been sleeping as well. She has not been able to concentrate, particularly in the afternoon. She says that her other twin daughter, one graduated about a week ago, the other is graduating this week. She is worried about getting her hair cut and colored, her shoes and getting her nails done. She feels very stressed about this. She was diagnosed with Addison's in the past. This was surgically induced after an adrenalectomy in the year 2000. She says because of that, she "can't do stress." She had been followed by an endocrinologist, Dr. Chan in Bedford, New York, who apparently she tried to call repeatedly regarding these issues and he only called her back once and has not tried to call her again. She says that she thinks she is going to "fire him". She is looking into local endocrinologists, but needs to find one that is willing to work with her, as she has had several "quit on me" in the past. She is wanting to find somebody that might be able to work with her. She is interested in my a thoughts on local endocrinologist. She feels that it is time to have some laboratory studies updated. She is very knowledgeable

The patient does have a history of migraine headaches. She was started on nortriptyline by an ear, nose, and throat specialist years ago. She is been on it at least two plus years. She is wondering whether this is something she really needs to stay on or not. She very infrequently now will have a migraine.

At today’s visit she is accompanied by her parents. She is awake, alert and oriented. I spoke with the patient’s father in private who relays that the patient recently saw a GI specialist, which has given the patient hope, the patient’s father request that hospice or advanced directive not to be discussed with the patient. The patient reports that

On 6/15/2015, Client attended to her ILP meeting with her oldest daughter Joeli, son Pablo and her granddaughter Anna. Client stated that her daughter Nurys was still at school.

Jon is a professional candidate that is looking to work a stable job. He had worked for Newport Bay Conservancy as a Volunteer Associate while getting medical treatments. He had directed visitors, answered inquiries, and helped out in the field. Once his treatments had ended he moved back to Indiana. He took a warehouse role after coming back because he wanted to try something different but has realized that he really enjoys working with customers. This position isn’t listed on his resume. Prior to that, he had worked for Anthem as a Client Relationship Associate. In this role, he answered inquiries, verified benefits, coverage, and claims, and adjusted claims. He really enjoyed this role and hated leaving. He decided it would be best to leave

When conducting a web search to determine whether the claims are relevant in the letter I believe it can be relevant in my search it shows that a Licensed Social Worker can start off making $36,262 as someone with a MSW can start off making $34,507. With the information provided find from the pay data. I do believe in this case that Mr. Boseman should pay Ms. Kate more her more money as her two male counterparts. If not she will be able to sue Mr. Boseman clinic for discrimination and violating the EPA act with given proof. Mr. Boseman should take in consideration that Ms. Kate is doing double work than the other two men who both have advanced degrees, but not the license for the position that their working in. At Least she have a actual state

An example of a personal, and professional experience was last year at my internship. My task social worker assigned me to conduct an initial intake for a new patient who was admitted to the nursing home. As I approach the patient, I realized that he was an Orthodox Jewish man, based on his clothing. He also had his son present. I introduced myself, then stretched out my hands to greet his son, but he did not greet me in that manner. He then told me that in his culture, people who are of the opposite sex are not allowed to shake hands. The only exception to that rule is if they are married, parents, children or siblings. This was an awareness that was so different from my culture and belief system.

After reading the case study on Millie I can conclude that Millie has a few strengths. She is able to get around her house by herself although her husband is deceased and she does not use any devices to help her get around. She has a very positive outlook on her life and does not complain of much. She is also very involved in her daughter’s life as well as her grandchildren. She also participates in the church choir and in the kitchen to be involved in things although most of the people that used to come to her house are also deceased. She also still cares for her Roses as well as for her cat.

This week I had the opportunity to shadow a social worker on the maternity unit. I had been looking forward to this experience and it proved to be one the most memorable. A 37-week pregnant woman came into the hospital for an ultrasound as she had expressed concerns of the baby’s movement. Unfortunately, the ultrasound revealed that there was no fetal heart rate. The nurses altered the social worker on the unit who requested that she would like to be there for the family when the doctor delivers this news. This was understandably the most tragic news to hear and witness. I believe this effected me at a personal and emotional level, where I felt the need to put myself in her situation and try to imagine her pain. I was able to express this to

A review of her medical record indicates that she has been having increased nausea and has been taking her Compazine on a daily basis. She appears to be adjusting to her chemotherapy because she appears stronger and more lucid. She continues to suffer from anxiety for which she takes Ativan, Her HTN is still stable and her depression is still stable with medication.