Practicum Reflection

During week five in my practicum, I volunteered to help out the administrator. I believe it is important to know how every area of the hospice work or at least have an idea. I learned about how organized files of employees, place orders, payroll, etc. I had previews experience in management, but it was in a restaurant, so it was good to see how an office is run. In addition, I practiced to do the social workers' reports and put them into the computer system. Now, I am confident I can complete them on my own without the need of any supervision. In addition, I noticed that the hispanic population on the hospice is extremely small. I concluded that the reason might be that hispanics have the wrong perception about hospices. For example, Before I started my practicum in the hospice, I believed that hospices were to help people who don't have family or their families did not want to take care them when they were terminally ill. This was a complete misperception. More information need to be available to inform and educate the hispanic community, so they can benefit from these services. …show more content…
I have two jobs and I am taking five classes at UNLV, plus my practicum. Time is precious for me, so most of my free time I used it to sleep which it jus my favorite thing to do now days. The only thing helped me out relax was walking my dog, I usually do it for about 20 minutes a day. I know it is important to take it easy, but it stresses me out more that my mom and/or me are struggling for money than me having two jobs, so I chose the less of the two