Employee volunteers in a professional preadmission program.
The voluntary involvement of hospital staff in a preadmission program can enhance the delivery of psychosocial care in a cost-effective way. This paper describes how a large pediatric teaching hospital pooled its multidisciplinary resources to pilot a professionally coordinated preadmission program with a strong volunteer component. Early evaluation of the involvement of employee volunteers highlights the benefits provided to hospital staff and to the institution as a whole.
D000328:Adult; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006758:Hospital Volunteers; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000458:organization & administration*