Question on Clinical Volunteering and LoR

[Inygma]

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I currently have 4 LoR's... School / Research / Work (non-science) / Shadowing DR

Do I need to have a LoR from my Clinical Volunteering? The reason I ask this is because what we are allowed to do in the hospital DOES NOT equal what I do in the hospital when I volunteer midnight shift at the ER. We are not supposed to transfer patients to rooms, take vitals, etc.; But the ER gets so backed up and packed Friday nights that I end up doing all of these. The reason why I don't want to get a letter is because what my experience is (and what I'll use to describe on my apps) could be different than what the volunteer supervisor would write. I don't want it to look like I am lying.

This leaves a few options:

1. Ask someone who actually sees / knows what I do in the ER (Charge Nurse)
2. Actually tell the volunteer supervisor that I am actually doing all these things that I am not supposed to be doing haha...
3. The Dr. I shadow is an ER doctor from where I volunteer...I could ask him to describe what I do and use it as a shadow / clincial LoR, but I am not sure if he'd feel comfortable doing this as he never really sees what I do as a volunteer vs. shadowing him.
4. Don't include a LoR from the Clinical experience.

EDIT: Prays to the god @Goro

Thanks!

 

[popopopop]

I'm not much help here, but you need 5 letters of recs where you are from? And please tell your supervisor or whoever is in charge what you are doing. If the ER is that backed up, they need to fix the system, hire more people, and not depend on volunteers for tasks that belong to trained techs/nurses.

 

[Inygma]

I'm not much help here, but you need 5 letters of recs where you are from? And please tell your supervisor or whoever is in charge what you are doing. If the ER is that backed up, they need to fix the system, hire more people, and not depend on volunteers for tasks that belong to trained techs/nurses.

I don't need 5 letters, but I am wondering how important a letter from clinical experience is (verse others)

 

[popopopop]

Ahh, logic tells me that whichever is the strongest should be the letter you pick. The ones with more meat and substance.