What kind of volunteer work can I at a hospital?

Question

I am 13 years old and would like to start volunteering. What kind of work do you think I could do there?

Answer 1

first of all i want to say GO YOU! haha no seriously, there are not many kids your age who want to help with something like that. a hospital is always usually what i like to call an organized mess. haha but i think you could go there and say "Hi, my name is _____ and i was wondering if there was any volunteer work i could do to help you?" or you could go to nursing homes and assisted living facilities to see what they have to offer. older people love young fresh faces. good luck and god bless!

Answer 2

Ask about how to become a candy striper! They help with a huge variety of tasks.

Duties of hospital volunteers vary widely depending upon the facility. Volunteers may staff reception areas and gift shops; file and retrieve documents; provide administrative backup; help visitors; visit with patients; or transport various small items like flowers, medical records, lab specimens, and drugs from unit to unit. Because of health-care laws and insurance liability, volunteers are often limited to clerical duties, or other activities which don't require direct contact with patients.

A few hospitals ask their volunteers to help out with janitorial duties, like cleaning beds. Other "advanced volunteers" include patient-care liaisons and volunteer orderlies. These volunteers must operate on the orders of a nurse or a physician and are given special training to permit them to work with patients. They are also more common in large hospitals, particularly university-affiliated hospitals and teaching hospitals, as they allow pre-medical students to gain experience in patient care while taking pressure off a busy care team.

Some hospitals keep all their volunteers in one place (a dispersal unit) and assign them to tasks based on real-time labor demand, while other hospitals assign volunteers to a single unit for the duration of their service.

Answer 3

most hospital gift shop and coffee shops are run by volunteers. start there. there really are no candy stripers anymore but they may have a position where you could play with or read to the kids in the peds wing. geriatric homes and homes for developmently disabled kids also need volunteers.

Answer 4

Cleaning
Emptying Bed Pans
Making Beds
Washing Dishes.