Soon to start volunteering!!!

SurrenderDorothy · Mar 23, 2012

I had my orientation today to volunteer in a local hospital. I asked for the Labor and Delivery dept and amazingly enough a spot opened up for me. It's so new the Volunteer coordinator doesn't even know what my responsibilities will be. If anyone knows please let me know.

Isn't it a good feeling? I had my interview today also. I wanted periop and they gave it to me. Clappy hands for both of us! :)

Nurse2b7337 · Mar 23, 2012

Are you in the Atlanta area as well?

kmleonard4 · Mar 24, 2012

Congratulations! I am in CA (med/surg unit), but I usually answer call lights, fill the glove boxes in the rooms, pick up supplies/food trays if there are special orders, empty charts when the patient has been discharged, and other random thinks like set up flowers the have been delivered and I even helped a man set up a new laptop that his mom sent him because he had never used one before :)

hcs4291 · Apr 20, 2012

Which hospital are you at?

Nurse2b7337 · Apr 20, 2012

Wow!!! You're getting to do a lot. I just love watching a newborn get a bath some like the feeling and some don't!!! Lol!!!

rystle · Apr 20, 2012

How do you volunteer at the hospital? Do you have to fill out an application like for a job? Just curious. Is there a set amount of hours you volunteer?

Nurse2b7337 · Apr 20, 2012

Yes, at my hospital I filled the application out online and submitted it. Someone called me the next day. There is a 2 step PPD that they do along with MMR test. After that orientation was setup and I was out on the floor. Check online for the hospital nearest you to see what the requirements are. Good luck!!!

hcs4291 · Apr 20, 2012

Sorry, that was super random of me to ask like that. Lol I asked which hospital because I am also in the Atlanta area, I'm at Grady Memorial. I, too, applied for Labor and Delivery, but they require some sort of recommendation for that unit... I am in mother/baby ... it is VERY dull, I feel like I'm not helping at all.

Are you a pre-nursing student?

RNnme3j · Apr 21, 2012

I have an meet & greet next week then orientation in May. I can pretty much pick an area b/c they could use the extra help....hummm...what would be a good one?

lumosnox · Apr 22, 2012

That's awesome! In our med center, L&D volunteers typically stuff welcome packets and help nurses with clerical and random stuff, honestly. I am a snack pass volunteer at the med center and I love it because I get to really interact with the patients. I also volunteer at the Children's Hospital in the NICU. I rock babies for 2 hours a week! It's awesome. My interest is PICU or peds heme-onc, so I love my positions. I get to snack pass in the cancer hospital and on BMT floors, and the NICU is an intensive care setting. And I love babies. I hope you love volunteering!

Nurse2b7337 · Apr 22, 2012

I'm at Northside Atlanta!!! There wasn't a spot in L and D before I applied. I mean the week before I applied they sent a request for a volunteer. I am going to go from dept to dept in L&D. Right now I help out in Recovery I am hoping to get placed somewhere around delivery. I thoroughly enjoy my time there. We have a free meal from the cafeteria every four hours you volunteer. The food is awesome!!!!! There is even counseling and a credit union available. I currently vol for four hours every Wednesday once this semester is over I'm hoping to go maybe three days a week.