| Most hospital volunteers do their work without | | | | The duties attended to by hospital volunteers |
| receiving any kind of regular salary. They work in | | | | differ depending on the particular needs of the |
| different health care settings and would usually be | | | | different facilities. They could serve as |
| under a nurse's supervision. A lot of hospitals have | | | | receptionists. They could also be in charge of the |
| them trained and supervised through auxiliaries, | | | | filing and retrieval of documents. They could also |
| which are special non-profit organizations. Directors | | | | provide some administrative back-up, visit with |
| of these auxiliaries would usually be paid hospital | | | | admitted patients, assist visitors, and transport |
| employees. | | | | different items needed within the hospital or |
| Hospital volunteers are sometimes given the | | | | medical facility. |
| nickname of "candystripers". This nickname was | | | | Due to the laws of health care and insurance |
| derived from the clothing worn by traditional | | | | liability, hospital volunteers are usually limited to |
| female hospital volunteers, which were red-and | | | | duties, which are clerical in nature and other |
| white colored striped jumpers. However, the | | | | activities, which would not require any direct |
| name and uniform are seldom used today. | | | | contact with the patients. |
| The services and duties performed by them are | | | | Hospitals and medical facilities often keep them in |
| usually of significant importance for the health | | | | a single place, usually called a dispersal unit, then |
| care system as well as for the individual patients. | | | | assign them to do tasks and duties which are |
| There are some individuals who do volunteer | | | | based on labor demand that is real-time, while |
| work in their high school or college days, while | | | | other hospitals would assign volunteers as one unit |
| others volunteer later in their lives, like after | | | | for the entire duration of their services. |
| retiring from their regular jobs. | | | | |