New placement jitters!

Hello! 
So this week I started my placement in intensive care! It was very daunting going in, seeing all the machines and sick patients. I was quite nervous going in today, but I was glad there was another student nurse starting today and I know her. So that made me feel a lot more at ease.
Going in and seeing all the sick patients, I was immediately overwhelmed. It was all very scary, but before I could even think about it I was being shown around the ward. It all went in one ear and out the other today. I now can't remember where anything is. Straight away in the first 10 minutes we were already being asked questions about airways and I honestly had no idea! It made me feel so insecure about my learning and I questioned if I had even learnt anything on my previous placements! I had to keep telling myself that I was in a new environment and that it's okay if I don't know everything yet. 
By my third day I was feeling so much better, I still didn't know where anything was. But I had worked out the program they use for all patient information, and I roughly worked out the machines.
I also met my mentor on this third day! I was so pleased! My mentor is lovely and so supportive. I feel as though I'm going to learn so much from her, and she remembers what it's like to be a student! She's just brilliant! It's so lovely to get a nice mentor, especially since I've had pretty rubbish mentors so far! 

It took me a while to write this, because I was unsure of how to put it. Hopefully this next couple of weeks will be good! 
Stay tuned! x