volunteering in a hospital is a good way to get familiar with how the pts present, i have alot of new nusing students in our school with no med experiance at all , just some advise,shellshock is a reality in nursing , you get the good with the bad , , i started off as a emt , now a paramedic , and a senior in my rn program i also work in a busy er ,that worked very well for me , so if you can try a local vol.ambulance to start get the feel of what the pts look like in their setting at home and working with the hospital staff and it will help you better adjust for the nursing program , or being a pt care tech working with a rn staff is also a good way to start , but remember when you start your nursing program , its pt care thats important , hope it helps