Providing students with small steps of freedom in their new practice provides them with an increasing self confidence and reassurance that they are acquiring necessary and useful skills. Sharing the moment of discovery with a student is what I find so rewarding. Being able to make a difference in the education of a nurse makes all the other trials and tribulations encountered along the way seem worthwhile. Shirley Pearson, ""Room to Grow,"" ""Reflections: Nurses as Educators"" | Reflections by B A Nurse Educator, Paperback | Indigo Chapters