Every year I walk into the Day Surgery unit after a long year of school, I am always greeted by familiar nurses and physicians. And every year I volunteer, the duties are typically unchanging and familiar. As a someone who has volunteered at Methodist Mansfield since 2014, I’ve navigated patients through the maze of the hospital, restocked rooms with gowns, socks, disposable blood pressure cuffs, and other medical supplies, gotten drinks and crackers for groggy patients, and led anxious parents to their cranky children waking up from anesthesia in PACU. I try to help with whatever and wherever I can to improve the patient’s experience.
I have learned through the years that there is one word that summarizes my duties as a volunteer is: comfortable.
I have learned through the years that there is one word that summarizes my duties as a volunteer is: comfortable.