Coming out of your comfort zone

Hello!
So, on placement this week in the intensive care unit they were short staffed. Nine patients in the unit, but only 6 nurses! Yeah, wasn't fun. There were 3 students in that day, so the nurses who were looking after us students had 2 patients to look after. The nurse I was with gave me the responsibility of looking after a patient. This is the first time I have ever had my own patient to look after, and I was even more nervous about it since these are all very sick patients. I found it very difficult, but I was very grateful for the support I was given by other nurses on the unit. Whenever I had a question or asked for help someone was there to help me.
I was originally very upset by the fact that I had to hand over this patient at ward round, raise my concerns about the patient and then hand over again when the new staff came on in the evening. I felt very uncomfortable, having never done this before, and felt like I hadn't learnt anything in my first year of nursing. 
I was amazed by the end of the day that I had done it. I had raised my concerns at ward round and it was okay. The doctors listened to me, people took me seriously. After that day I feel so much better and more confident. It really showed me how coming out of my comfort zone opens up new things for me. And I feel as though I can be more involved in decision making on behalf of patients and looking after patients.
Stay tuned! 
Bye xx