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I just started a program that is pretty hands on with the patients at my university hospital. It took a while to set up but its great so far...
For everyone who volunteers at a hospital or clinic, what do you guys or girls actually do? When I volunteered in high school I spent 650 hours at the front desk on Friday nights (joking about the Friday nights part, who would do that to themselves? especially in high school, let alone college) with the only patient contact being wheeling patients around and delivering things I collected at school to their rooms. Hence, out of those 650 hours, I saw and contacted with patients for like 150-200 hours.
Are there actually any places out there, maybe small clinics, that let you take patient history? If you aren't a licenced RN or EMT or phlebotomist or physical therapist do they even let you around patients other than wheeling them around or entertaining? Are there really any meaningful clinical volunteer activities out there (ie: not just changing the sheets, sitting at an ER desk...)?
PS: Does anyone know if summer camps for pediatric patients count as clinical activities even though you are not in a clinical setting?
For everyone who volunteers at a hospital or clinic, what do you guys or girls actually do? When I volunteered in high school I spent 650 hours at the front desk on Friday nights (joking about the Friday nights part, who would do that to themselves? especially in high school, let alone college) with the only patient contact being wheeling patients around and delivering things I collected at school to their rooms. Hence, out of those 650 hours, I saw and contacted with patients for like 150-200 hours.
Are there actually any places out there, maybe small clinics, that let you take patient history? If you aren't a licenced RN or EMT or phlebotomist or physical therapist do they even let you around patients other than wheeling them around or entertaining? Are there really any meaningful clinical volunteer activities out there (ie: not just changing the sheets, sitting at an ER desk...)?
PS: Does anyone know if summer camps for pediatric patients count as clinical activities even though you are not in a clinical setting?