Working as a nurse and in social jobs - any tips ?

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A challenging idea, I admit it. I'd like to work with people. I often suffer from loneliness, and I like little kids in particular. People often notice that there's something a bit weird about me : the way I speak, the way I move, a slight delay in reacting, sometimes being on the limit of sensory overload (something I need to watch especially in hospitals)... Not always, but they often feel it, and sometimes mistake it for psychological issues. Not to say, it sometimes scares them. And I don't want that to cause problems at work. I'd feel terrible if it happened.
I'm going to have a 2-week auxiliary nurse training next week with older and often disabled people. I already had people advising me to move and speak with more self-confidence but that's too abstract. I'm aware that I'm never going to look, sound or react completely NT, I know that. But I welcome concrete advice on improving this. I'm sure that it can improve a bit with enough training, time and good advice. Any tips, books, articles I can read, especially if it personally helped you for the same kind of issues ? I'd really like to help people feel more at ease with me, to help them see the human being in me first, rather than some sort of weird creature .

I would say---let your regard for your clients/patients show through. I don't find that to be abstract; I find that to be totally concrete, in fact. Listen to what they have to say. If they want to ramble a little, allow them to do so, provided that you don't have to work with somebody else. If you do, just tell the person that you have other people who need your attention.

Who cares if it seems NT? It's just a person's reaction to another person's situation.

Experience, really, is the best teacher.

I agree. It's reassuring to hear this ; several friends told me that I'm a very good listener