Clerical Volunteer work at the hospital?

[halfglassfull]

Hello, I was wondering if clerical volunteer work at the hospital can help me get to know what others nurses would do.

I basically have to call the patients to let them know they have an appointment. Sometime, I might to filing and stuff. However, I won't be doing any clinical assistance (maybe I can shadow them later)

Any thoughts?

[phlebo2rn]

I volunteered in the ER, L&D, and in pediatrics. In ER, I mainly stood around and put together binders, packets, and baggies of supplies. I also cleaned some of the rooms, took trash out, and took out the laundry. Not much nursing experience but got to see a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff. In L&D, I worked mainly with the nurses to transport patients from the room to their postpartum room and also did some filing. In pediatrics, I talked with the nurses just because it was so slow, but it was a good experience to learn random stuff about the security system!