Gain life experience you can't get any other way.

Jane Holberg, volunteer at Hennepin County Medical Center:

"Being in the ER kind of spoils you -- after that, anything else would be pretty boring.

"I learned how people can deal with difficult and fascinating things - like how a triage nurse organizes cases. Meeting people I wouldn't have crossed paths with otherwise, staff and patients alike, gave me a different world view - and it gives a face to the issues."

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