I've read the threads about others wanting to change careers to nursing, and so am I. Maybe some one can give me nuts and bolts answers, specifics. Before making the big decision to enter nursing school, what can one do to help make that decision. Things like talk to other nurses, shadow a nurse (do hospitals really allow that), volunteer at a hospital (how much and what kind of volunteering can one do that is specifically related to field of choice), visit a nursing school. By the way, I am a married male, 46, always interested in biology. Junior year high school award winning science project was "The Extraction of And Genetic Transformation of DNA In E Coli". I know an OR Cardio nurse, two OB nurses and one paramed. Thanks