Volunteer nursing jobs in the bay area

Unfortunately, no. If you do not have a license to practice as a nurse in Ca, then there are no volunteer nursing job that you would be offered. You may be able to get a job as a CNA, but that is if you have the legal documentation to work in the US.

Best of luck to you.

Suzanne4 -- I am still looking out for volunteering nursing jobs in CA but no luck. I live in the Bay area and passed the NCLEX. I really would appreciate if you could share me some list where can I apply as a volunteer nurse in SF. Thanks and God bless you.

Why would anybody want to volunteer as a nurse? If you have a license to practice nursing, you might as well work. If you don't have a license as a nurse, I don't see how you can volunteer.

Because volunteering shows that you are active and compassionate about your community. Plus, it looks beautiful on your resume, which will help with the lack of job openings for new grads

So... are there any volunteer openings if you do have your license in the bay?

Hi,
I am also interested to know about volunteer nursing jobs in bay area...so if any body have any input that will be great.

jjg

If you have your RN licenses in the Bay Area then you wont need to volunteer, you can get a job as a nurse. If you've taken the NCLEX and passed but don't have a license, then I'm assuming you don't have a SS# and you don't have your visa to work. What kind of visa do you have?

The volunteers that they accept are ones that do non-nursing procedures. They read to the patients, take pets for pet therapy, they transport them outside after discharge in a wheelchair, they bring in magazines and newspapers. You're NOT going to get hands on experience regarding charting or direct patient care. It's not going to happen, sorry. When you're a volunteer you're treated like an employee which means you'll have to fill out tons of paperwork, go through orientation, get fingerprinted, background check, etc etc.....

LatinaVNStudentRN2B,
I appreciate your feed back. I have my RN license, SSN and green card. Only problem is getting that first job.
Do you have any suggestions on this?

JJG

Right now most hospitals have a hiring freeze...I would try the LTC facilities, prison system, but I would keep checking the hospital website to see if you can find something...you just never know...Good Luck