Will volunteer work help you get a job?

[Black Jade]

I have considered working in Hospice, but they require that you have at least one year of experience working in that area or in an acute setting. I have two years working at a clinic where it seemed more like urgent care (I've done triage, wound care, IV, handled emergency situations, some case management, etc...) but apparently that type of experience doesn't count. I would like to know if volunteering in Hospice will help me gain experience to land a job. My concern is that I will only be doing nursing assistant tasks and won't be able to put my RN skills to the test. I've also considered volunteering as a Disaster Response Volunteer in order to keep up with my skills. A

Thanks for your input!

[netglow, ASN, RN]

You won't be allowed to volunteer doing any sort of RN duties at all.

[xInspiredx]

You won't be allowed to volunteer doing any sort of RN duties at all.

What do you mean by this? Then why is it called an 'RN volunteer', rather than just plain 'volunteer'?

[netglow, ASN, RN]

The OP did not state she was applying to do RN services for free, "volunteer nurse". These roles in hosptials are for just Volunteers usually, too much liability for anything else.

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

I would think only good can come from it-go for it and good luck x