To be honest, I’m not sure how much of a difference I’ve made in a patient’s life thus far this semester. I felt like my ability to properly care for a client remained peripheral as I am not entirely confident in my ability to independently care for a person. My biggest fear is accidentally hurting someone and I’ve been told that that fear will diminish as I become more confident, however, it’s a fear of mine nonetheless. On the other hand, there is something about being the first person that a patient sees when they wake up fresh from the operating room that makes me feel like I’m emotionally touching someone’s life. I can only imagine that waking up from anesthesia is a confusing experience in which someone is at their most vulnerable state. I was fortunate enough to be able to observe a patient that was rolled in straight from the operating room and witness their emotional and physical response to the anesthesia. My clinical instructor had explained that individuals respond differently to the effects of anesthesia and some are more pleasant than others, not that they can necessarily control their reactions to begin with. As my patient was a new mom, I can only assume her plan was to see her baby, and that undergoing emergency surgery that day was not a part of her agenda. Regardless, as she came out of the sedation effects of anesthesia, she was so kind and receptive to us nursing students, even though she had just experienced both a stressful event and likely the happiest event in her life. From this experience, I feel like she touched me more than I could have her. If anything, I was just so happy to be a part of such a profound moment in someone’s life.