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Compassus

Hospice

August 2021 • Grand Blanc, MI

What I liked

I felt that through working as a hospice volunteer, I got the opportunity to see medicine through the lens of doctors, therapists, and nurses. Through this experience, I was able to really hone in on what I wanted in a future career. I was also able to become really close with the patients I worked with and because of that, they shared their experiences with me and through their perspectives, I can see what makes a well-rounded physician.

What I wish was different

Nursing homes during the current pandemic are very understaffed, and I felt like this definitely impacted the care patients were receiving. As a volunteer, I felt helpless and sad hearing the patients' side of things, and I wish there was more I could have done.

Advice

Many people may think that volunteering for hospice is depressing and really frame it in a negative light. I have found my experience to be quite the opposite and I have grown to love volunteering for hospice, and I make the hour long commute every Friday to visit patients.
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Social work

September 2019 • Yuma, AZ

What I liked

I love everything about my internship

What I wish was different

Nothing

Advice

Hospice compassus is the best hospice company in the united states.
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