volunteering for nursing application

[sanmo]

What type of volunteer work did you do and how did you find it?

[beenursexoxo, BSN, RN]

I applied to John Muir online and then they contact you. Kaiser has the same thing. Just find a place that isn't full and needs more volunteers! Its pretty boring to be honest, but it looks good on applications

[verene, MSN]

I volunteered with a local hospice agency. They helped my family when my grandmother needed hospice care, and after enough time had passed I started volunteering with them to give back. It was a really meaningful experience and helped me solidify my decision to go into nursing.

[idkmybffjill]

You can look at local hospitals. Some will have extensive volunteer programs and even let you transport residents or be sitters, etc. however, all of the ones I looked at required you promise you'd volunteer for 100 hours in a year.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

In high school, I volunteered at the hospital in my town. I also volunteered at the local food pantry and at dances for teenagers with special needs and probably other random things I'm forgetting. I was involved in several community service clubs. I did some decorating at local nursing homes and when I was in middle school, used to go to them to play Christmas carols with other kids in the band. By high school I had quit band.

In college, I volunteered at summer camps for children with epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life threatening illnesses. I found these somewhat randomly- epilepsy camp through my local epilepsy foundation, the camp for children affected by HIV/AIDS through a friend and the other one through a website that was a sponsor of it. I also volunteered organizing blood drives on campus and participated in 7 service trips throughout my 4 years in college- the only break I didn't spend on a service trip was winter break my freshman year.

[awomul, BSN, CNA, RN]

I do service trips as well! That's awesome to hear. I was wondering; during your 4 years in college, did you take summer classes to complete your pre-requisites before getting in to your nursing program? Or did you have those off for trips and complete your courses during the regular semester?

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I do service trips as well! That's awesome to hear. I was wondering; during your 4 years in college, did you take summer classes to complete your pre-requisites before getting in to your nursing program? Or did you have those off for trips and complete your courses during the regular semester?

I didn't have pre-reqs. I attended a 4 year BSN program. I entered the program directly out of high school and courses that other programs would consider pre-reqs were built into the core nursing curriculum. I didn't take summer classes. I did these service trips during our winter and spring breaks.

[tickledlemur]

I volunteered for a women's domestic violence response team, a hospice, and a program through the state police that helps drug addicts get into treatment. Honestly, my best advice is find something you're passionate about and it won't feel like a drain on your time. I did not love hospice so I wasn't able to stick that out very long, but I volunteered with the domestic violence response team approximately 60hrs/month for almost two years and it was an absolutely irreplaceable experience.