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This is happened when I was still a student nurse. At first I don't really like to become a nurse, I've never even imagined myself to be a nurse. But this particular patient made me change my mind. We were assigned in Intensive Care Unit and a patient that was given to me is an unconscious old woman who has been there for a month. I was assigned to be her student nurse, mostly of the patient in their unfortunately did not survived. She is the only who survived. Everyday of my duty, I just do everything my Clinical Instructor asked me to do, you know?? just being a good student and to have a good grades. She has a lots of medicines that was incorporated with her IV fluid, asides from IV fluid medication their is also oral medication which we introduced through her Nasogastric tube . She is the typical ICU patient. One day while I was waiting for the time for her next medication, I was holding her hand and started talking to her. I told her that her family always here in the hospital, waiting for her to wake up. That she had to fight, don't lose hope. And I was shocked when she squeezes my hand, I thought it was just a motor reaction or nerves, stuff like that. So I asked her to squeeze my hand twice if she hears what I'm saying, and she did. The feeling is so overwhelming!! Since then I always talked to her, I told her whats happening outside, but just the good news. And she is squeezing my hand, if she has to answer yes she had to squeeze twice, once for no. Everyday her condition is improving. Unfortunately we were assigned in a different ward, I wasn't able to see her come out in A comma. Even though my duty is not in ICU, I always go there to asked my clinical instructor if she's still there. And then after two days my former instructor said that she is in a ward and just recovering and hopefully to be discharged. After that incident, I totally embrace the NURSING PROFESSION with all my heart. I love it, I love taking care of people specially in their vulnerable situation. I love the feeling of seeing them being discharged and be with their family. Their simple "thank you", it's overwhelming for me. Now I am an RN and proud to be one!!!