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Volunteer program open to all registered nurses

St. Anthony’s Medical Center’s Volunteer Nurse Program is open to all registered nurses who enjoy personal contact with patients and families and are willing to volunteer their time and talents for a few hours a week.

“Volunteers’ duties include assisting our nursing staff in many ways, in an enhancement role rather than a primary-care role,” said Bonny Hepp, a registered nurse who serves as coordinator of the Volunteer Nurse Program. “Much of their time is spent in interpersonal communication with patients and their families — the reason most nurses like being nurses. Some of our volunteers act as mentors to new nurses.”

Volunteer RNs are asked to contribute fours hours per week, but there is no time requirement and they can set their own schedules and choose their own area in which to work. Volunteer nurses needn’t have an active license to apply for the program; St. Anthony’s will assist with license updating. They will have to submit to a background check and complete required educational competencies. The volunteer nurses will have a preceptor to assist them.

For more information about the Volunteer RN Program at St. Anthony’s, call Hepp at (314) 525-1137.

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