Volunteering at Hospitals?

Most hospitals have a volunteer coordinator or dept. that you can contact and see what opportunities are available and how to go about doing that. I'll say my 2 cents is most volunteer positions will be non-patient contact oriented. There are some positions that might be just talking to a patient or assisting with needs of families or providing general information or just assembling packets of information - all of which in the end assist / support patients and alleviate work load of staff.
I'd give local hospitals a call - and ask the operator about a volunteer coordinator or dept - if their website doesn't list info... best of luck!

I am in Bellingham WA and they have just started a Cuddler Program in the Special Care Nursery. It is wonderful!!

The program is based on PICC....
http://www.picc.net/

Freesia,
Can you tell me who to contact for the Bellingham cuddler program? This is exactly the volunteer job I've been looking for!

Sure!

Marci Scott is the director of volunteer services....

You need to fill out the application, then call about a week after you send it to set up an interview.....

http://www.peacehealth.org/Whatcom/V...quirements.htm

Have a great day!