Hey! I currently work at a hospital that has a ED. So our volunteers mostly just work to give patients drinks and any blankets and pillows, things like that. They also sanitize the beds, and just look for small things to help with around the hospital like restocking gloves for example. Have you thought about shadowing in a free clinic? I think it’s a great experience for people looking to get involved in underserved communities and also you can likely play a larger role as a volunteer. You may be able to find a volunteer scribe role at a free clinic and get some experience. Then who knows you may enjoy it and join scribe America or something.
To answer your question more directly, it depends on the role you are playing in the hospital. You can absolutely try it out and see how you like it, there is no commitments typically.
My advice to you is to try to find some clinical employment opportunities early and stick with it through college. Maybe take like an EMT course. That’s what I wish I would have done and then I could have worked in a clinical setting throughout college and if you take a gap year or two. There are also opportunities at hospitals like patient transport, clinical technician, patient registration, and more that require little to no training. EMT just sounds like the most fun to me
