In a message dated 12/4/98 11:10:12 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<From:    Kate Hallberg <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: what are the roles available for hospital volunteers?  I'm not
elderly
but sure would like to volunteer in l&d or post partum care.>>

For a PP unit babycare class, I arranged for a volunteer to round up parents,
show them to the room, serve refreshments, handle papers, assist and clean up.
They love seeing the babies.

<<How can we implement it in OB/postpartum units.Naomi Bar-Yam PhD>>

A few ideas:

1. Transport: help PP moms to and from BF class, outpts to bra fitting room

2. Assist LC with BF class, new mom groups, BF resource groups.

3. Assist in lactation centers: errands, answer phone, make appts, clean
pumps, greet customers, hold babies.

Goodness, there seems to be much a volunteer could do. I think I'll ask for
one!

Deb

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE - Hospital based
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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