Our volunteers provide an array of important services, from designing new technology to inspiring the next generation of health-care workers. Whatever their role, all of our volunteers are working to enhance quality of care for patients and their families. In honour of this year\u2019s National Volunteer Week, we\u2019re spotlighting some of our volunteers who have given us the invaluable gift of their time and dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bao-Anh Vuong has been volunteering with The Ottawa Hospital since high school. Now, 10 years later, she is a nurse at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and part of a team of experienced volunteers who recruit and onboard new volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI enjoy recruiting new volunteers who remind me of myself back when I was a nursing student,\u201d she says. \u201cI want to help give them experience and help them pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does Bao-Anh look for in a volunteer? \u201cI like to see that one of their main values is wanting to help others, wanting to give back to their community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before the pandemic, volunteer interviews and onboarding were conducted in person at the hospital, but the new virtual process has empowered Bao-Anh and her team to reach more applicants. The hospital has also been able to recruit volunteers from outside Ottawa\u2014and even outside Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSomeone in the U.S. would like to volunteer to play music to patients from his home,\u201d she explains. \u201cI think it\u2019s interesting that we\u2019re able to reach people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Bao-Anh, the most rewarding part about her role is seeing where these volunteers have ended up. \u201cI\u2019ve met so many future doctors. It\u2019s rewarding to see that I\u2019ve been part of the journey of their successful careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are re-building our volunteer services slowly and will open a few opportunities every few months, so please check the website regularly for updates. We look forward to welcoming our community back into the hospital to help improve the patient experience! Visit our volunteer page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bao-Anh Vuong has been volunteering with The Ottawa Hospital since high school. Now, 10 years later, she is a nurse at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and part of a team of experienced volunteers who recruit and onboard new volunteers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":71752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[480,184],"class_list":["post-71751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tomorrows","tag-compassion","tag-volunteers"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meet more of our inspiring volunteers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n