American Couple Reacts: England's Florence Nightingale! FIRST TIME REACTION! The Mother Of Nursing! 

Of course we had heard of Florence Nightingale but we had zero knowledge of her life and contributions other than being a very important nurse. We corrected that in this in-depth episode of her life. Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous women, Briton and nurses in history. She was one of the first feminists and was an actual genius. She had an incredible life and we still her owe a debt of gratitude today. Watch with us as we learn all about this incredible woman simply known as, The Lady with the Lamp! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!

What is forgotten by the critics of the UK is all the good things the UK has given to the world. There are so many examples of where we have led the way and others around the world have followed our lead.

The world has got a lot to thank the british for!

This lady had such a huge impact on me, I learned about her when I was about 7 years old at school then asked my mum to get me a book all about her. From then on the only thing I ever wanted to do was be a nurse, the pride I felt the first time I wore the uniform is something that has always stayed with me and the feeling of carrying on her work and believe you still see her influence even in todays modern nursing. She is my hero!

People like Florence Nightingale are something to be proud of in the UK

She left her footprints in the sands of life and we are grateful for this.

I'm a retired nurse in the UK. I remember at uni, one of our first lectures was the history of nursing and all about Florence Nightingale. A true inspiration for all of us.

You should check out another war time nurse Edith Cavell. She was one of three people who were brought back in the railway van that carried the Unknown Warrior after the world war.

If you want another unrecognized female genius to popularize, consider Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who was a mathematician indispensable to the development of computing. Charles Babbage did the hardware, so to speak, but Ada did the math that became software. Their Analytical Engine was the ancestor of all modern computers before electricity became a motive force...

Florence also appeared on the £10 note between 1975 and 1992

Brunell designed for Floreence, the 'Nightingale flat pack Hospital' made in England, shipped to the Crimea, errcted in hours, providing sanitary wards for 50 patients and much higher survival rates. During Covid, Bristol UK errected a Nightinggale Hospital to help cope. A reminder of how her influence is still saving lives today.

The British have more to be proud about than to be ashamed of …. ❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸❤️👍

I was an alcoholic for 25 years the Royal Hampshire County Hospital helped save my life. It was initially based in colebrook street then parchment street but due to drainage issues moved to Ramsey road where it is still to this day. And Florence Nightingale advertised on the construction I can never forget that wonderful lady because she is still helping to save lives.

It's indicative of how iconic she is in the UK that when the government opened a number of temporary medical facilities during COVID by coopting buildings and installing equipment they were officially known as Nightingale Hospitals

I was a nurse for 40yrs in the NHS, I trained in the 70's. The training was strict and Florence Nightingale was to be our role model we were always told. In fact there is to this day the Florence Nightingale Award which is given to nurses for exceptional work. I am retired now but once a nurse always a nurse.

A true hero of Britain what a wonderful woman she was thank god for people like her

I would recommend you check out a guy named Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I would be astonished if either of you guys had heard of him. He was really quite a big deal in British history, a true Titan of his age. In my country, if you have any interest in Victorian or industrial history, his name comes up. Him and his gigantic top hat.

Her fight carries on today. The NHS owes its life to her.

Although we all celebrate her life, and gasp in horror at the difficulties she had to undergo in her fight against the attitudes of the day, we can never fully understand the frustration she must have felt coming up against the 'little woman' mentality that pervaded society in those days. I'm 74 (still fit, thank goodness) but I remember how difficult it was to be taken seriously, even as late as the 60s, 70s, and even the 80s. So for her, and all the strong women of those days to step outside society norms, it took a special kind of courage and fortitude. God bless those ladies and thank God for them.

My elderly father is in hospital at the moment, whilst visiting him this week he needed to have "a bag" emptied. A press of a button by my father and a jolly, smiling young lady came in and proceeded to do what was needed. All the time she was cheery and chatty with the four family members, plus my father present in the room. I couldn't help feeling a little useless myself and just eternally grateful for the nurses we have in the NHS.

A hero worthy of the name. Inventing the pie chart to help the thicko generals understand her point. So far ahead of her time.

The Brits never seem to stop amazing us in their history and their people. To think that this lady of the lamp set the standard for nursing around the planet which has touched probably all of us at some time in our lives from birth to the end is really mind blowing. Like you we have all heard about Florence nightingale in the Crimea but it is her legacy to the world in what she did after that horrific event that puts her in the halls of the legends. She fought not just for women's rights but for all of us. If she had been a Catholic she would have to be classed as a saint in the true meaning of the word.

This wonderful humble lady inspired me to become a nurse and nearly 50 yrs on i am still nursing It is more than a career,it's a dedication to my patients and a privilege to care for them always. RIP Miss Nightingale you will be remembered and you will never be forgotten because she was and is an inspiration to us all

Very inspiring, a true heroine. My mum joined the healthcare system in the early fifties inspired by Florence Nightingale. She worked on the wards of Pinderfield Hospital in Wakefield for over ten years, and got her State Registered Nurse qualification, (often shows me her badges). She then decided to become a district nurse, covering Leeds. She often worked long hours, walking great distances, sometimes using buses to get to her patients in their own homes. She was respected by most. She caught bronchitus, pneumonia and tuberculosis from doing her job in the rain, her pockets full of water ( as she often reminded me, she no longer remembers) I am so proud of her and in her tiny way, she did her part in making peoples lives easier. Thanks for letting me get this out. ❤ She loved her job and was so upset when illness stopped her continuing. God bless all nurses

Thank you for this. All I ever wanted to be was a nurse. I trained in Glasgow in 1976 and later became a midwife. For the last 38 years I have had the honour to teach midwives at a University here in East Sussex. In 3 weeks time I will leave the profession .There is a degree of sadness but I am so thankful that my working life was spent doing a job that I love . We all owe a great debt to Florence whether she likes it or not.

Hi, Florence Nightingale was an English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople. She significantly reduced death rates by improving hygiene and living standards. Nightingale gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making rounds of wounded soldiers at night. Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820. She was the second of two daughters born to William Edward Nightingale and Frances Nightingale. Her father was a wealthy landowner and her mother was a devout Christian. Nightingale was educated at home by her father and by private tutors. She was a voracious reader and was particularly interested in history, philosophy, and religion. In her early twenties, Nightingale began to feel called to a life of service. She was inspired by the work of Mary Wollstonecraft, who argued that women should be educated and have the same opportunities as men. Nightingale also read the works of Plato, Teresa of Ávila, and Marcus Aurelius, all of whom influenced her thinking about the importance of compassion and duty. In 1851, Nightingale traveled to Germany to study nursing. She was shocked by the poor conditions in the hospitals she visited, and she resolved to improve the care of the sick and injured. In 1854, the Crimean War broke out, and Nightingale volunteered to lead a group of nurses to Turkey to care for the wounded soldiers. Nightingale and her nurses arrived in Scutari, Turkey, in November 1854. The conditions at the military hospital were appalling. The wards were overcrowded, the patients were filthy, and the food was unsanitary. Nightingale and her nurses immediately set to work to improve the conditions. They cleaned the wards, provided fresh food and water, and taught the soldiers about hygiene. The death rate at the hospital fell dramatically under Nightingale's care. She became known as "The Lady with the Lamp" because she would often walk through the wards at night, checking on the patients and providing them with comfort. Nightingale returned to England in 1856 a national hero. She continued to work to improve the care of the sick and injured, and she also founded the Nightingale School of Nursing in London, which is still in operation today. Nightingale died in 1910 at the age of 90. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of nursing. She is known for her compassion, her dedication to her work, and her commitment to improving the lives of others. Here are some of her notable achievements: Reduced the death rate of soldiers in the Crimean War by 40%. Founded the Nightingale School of Nursing, the first secular nursing school in the world. Developed the Nightingale Pledge, which is still taken by nurses today. Wrote Notes on Nursing, a seminal work on the principles of nursing. Used statistics to improve health care and sanitation. Was awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Victoria. Florence Nightingale is an inspiration to nurses and healthcare workers around the world. She is a reminder that even one person can make a difference in the world.

You might like to look at the story of Nurse Edith Cavell from the First World War. There is a statue of her in central London.

Thank you ladies, I was a nurse for 37 yrs. I believe Florence Nightingale is every nurse’s inspiration

Proud nurse here appreciating this thank you 🙏🏻

Seacole did not set up a hospital. She opened a restaurant for army officers.

I had heard of Florence Nightingale, but didn’t know much about her at all. This really made me sit up and take notice. I have so much respect and admiration for this incredible Woman! Thanks so much Natasha and Debbie, I really enjoyed learning with you ❤

Florence nightingale,is a legend, we should be proud of her.❤

Seeing this also reminds me of a film you might like, based on a true story, about Gladys Aylward. She was essentially a British missionary in China trying to save children. There's a 50s film about it "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" . Its really good. Its actually on here too.

What a woman! I’m a retired ward sister in the NHS and we all adored Florence and I loved nursing so much xx 💕

May I just say, it's a sign of true intelligence being on a constant quest for more knowledge as you two do ❤

Every time you see a bar graph or pie chart, you are looking at a tiny fragment of Florence Nightingale's legacy. Her determination to communicate made her use methods that not even politicians could misunderstand. The Coxcomb graph has only fallen into disuse because it takes serious work to compile, and probably can't be done while listening to the Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits. Not even the Baxter years.

Florence Nightingale Hospice at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury. is named after her because of a local family link.

Loving Natasha's T-shirt lol My mother was a Nurse

I worked as a Care Assistant at St Thomas' Hospital (in London,) from 1989 to 1993.. I worked on an eye ward, then a respiratory ward.

Nightingale was also the name given to a style of ward layout "Nightingale Wards" based on some of her recomendations. Linier, open plan wards with beds arranged along either side and large windos on each side to allow lots of light and ventilation. Before the days of monitors and nurse call systems, this allowed ward nurses to keep a close eye on their patients. This was pretty much the standard for hospitals until the more recent preference for bay or individual room style layouts.

A British legend is what Florence nightingale is, the barriers she would of faced back then, just been a women, what a force of nature

I understand her feelings, I lost a patient & I continued to keep my others calm in the ward. Later one patient called me an angel. That hurt because I felt like I had failed. Even that one person was important and I felt I failed. I have been in healthcare in many ways ,now I am retired due to ill health. But Miss Nightingale was my hero . On a side note I had an Aunt that went to south Africa and looked after the first heart transplant patient.

William Dampier A Pirate of Exquisite Mind. Never spoken of yet so important.

Thank you for this video and reaction. Glad that the influence and innovation that FN had in the UK and worldwide is explored. I'm a Registered Nurse, worked in the NHS almost 30 years, thank you also for showing appreciation for all Nurses and Health Care workers.

There is nothing as important as good health and, bless her, she gave us a new understanding of how to run the nursing profession and changed the world to this day! 💚🧡💚🧡

Wonderful Woman Of History ❤

Hi ladies , look into Edith Cavel another amazing woman . ❤

I worked in a hospital in the UK for many years and they have always had a ward named Nightingale Ward in honour of Florence as do many hospitals. Also the type of long wards with beds on either side are known as nightingale wards.

There are people who come along and change the world, Florence was one of those

Florence Nightingale is one of many people that were a vehicle for change in the world. What is so remarkable is that she grew up in a time so different from today where she was both female and not very connected in the world. What a character she must have been…

You should check out Jeremy Clarksons history of Britain's highest military honor the victoria cross

All my friends call me Florence because I’m a nurse, it’s a nickname that just stuck lol. No girls you’re right it’s not an easy job. Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of Nursing. She was given money from Queen Victoria to keep her Hospital funded. Natasha I love the T shirt.

Maria Curie, was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Discovered: Radium, Polonium, and her huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer.

Like bruce lee once said. The key to imortality is to first live a life worth remembering

I love you RU-vid videos all about Britain and british history I'm glad you learning about Britain is a beautiful place to stay and I'm sending you love ❤❤❤. 😂

Natasha's T shirt! LOL But agree entirely!....I'd like to suggest the heroine, Grace Darling, who rowed through terrible stormy seas to rescue people...

I knew of her but not about her, thxs lady,s fantastic video ❤❤❤

I miss the nightingale wards, they were long wards and patients next to each other with just a curtain but it was so much easier to see and take care of patients.

I was admitted to St Thomas' hospital at the end of May after having a heart attack while out and about 😱 They're all stars! 😊

I have always been proud of her, and then to find out that I am related to her was amazing. Florence Nightingale is my 10th cousin 4x removed.

At my school in the UK we were all taught about Florence Nightingale she is an icon a true hero.

Wow! I really learnt a lot from this. Huge thanks to all nurses across the globe, including my two sisters and two nieces, we would all be in a sorry state without your incredible knowledge and care.

Thank you, ladies, for another great reaction video 😊. Ps...love the t-shirt Natasha 👍

There is an early recording of Florence Nightingale 's voice from 1890 in aid of the British Cancer Society. It's really old and crackly but you can hear the woman herself, it's easy to Google..

I recollect hearing a recording of her voice c.1890 in which she remembered her old comrades from the Crimea. Short and full of hiss but it was her!

I started my nurse training in 1971. In those days we had telegrams around and all my parents, grandparents, Aunts & Uncles as well as my siblings sent me telegrams to wish me luck in my career. (Which I still have today). All of them started calling me Florrie. Although later on it was back to my real name of Susan or Sue but my grandfather (my dads father) always called me Florrie. He used to love playing Bridge and on my days off I would come home to my parents but spend an entire day with my grandparents. I was taught how to play Bridge and even managed to win a few games from my grandfather. The day came when my grandfather now in his late seventies was taken to hospital the hospital where I worked. Any free time I spent with him trying to play bridge but he could no longer remember. When he passed I was devastated I loved him so much and I missed him so much. During all my years nursing I thought of my grandfather all the time. I nursed for 41years before I was medically retired aged 58 after fracturing my spine. Next February I will be 70 however I am not sure that I would want to be a nurse today because they don’t bother about talking to patients or even just making a cup of tea. Now they have degrees and once they finished yes highly trained but would never dream of giving out bed pans or washing patients that was down to Health Care Assistances. Yet I always said you find out more about your patient and also be able to completely check their bodies for any sores but also you conversed with them and for many who never had anyone visiting they loved that time. Those were my happy times nursing. I was a senior sister in charge of five department and 40 staff just me. When I left they had to replace me with 3 senior nurses as one nurse could run all the departments as I did.

Admiral horatio Nelson is an interesting british figure. Hes the guy Nelson's column in london is built in memory of.

Thank you for showing that video. I’d heard the negative things about her, now I know the truth. Natasha, I love your t-shirt.

I just realised I knew very little about Florence Nightingale, wow what a woman. Thanks for the video N &D

Very interesting. I learnt a lot of things about her I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know. Thanks as always girls. Love the T-shirt Natasha.

Bore da ladies from a bright and sunny South Wales.Florence would have loved the T-shirt as she carried a baby pet owl in her pocket named Athena (Greek goddess of wisdom) which she took with her to Turkey.Her sister wrote an illustrated book about it !

I learned something new from this! Never knew the full story of the Lady with the lamp! Wow! ❤️

May I suggest you take a look at the sainsbury and John Lewis Christmas adverts over the years. Some of them will have you in tears x

She used to be on a £10 note for like 20 years. They changed it in the 90s to Charles Dickens. Its currently Jane Austen

My grandmother was born in Manchester England mentioned in this upload.My late grandmother was born just before the 1st World War started and was named Florence after this great lady.👌💙

God bless her, a woman who changed the world for the best

They now think Florence Nightingale had the first recorded case of Post Viral Fatigue that then became M.E.

Nice choice! Theres a few films on her. The one im most familar with is "The Lady with a Lamp" which was done in the 50s. The others are tv movies

Great video ❤ I didn’t expect to be this emotional ❤

I learned so much today. We all know the name but to understand the real power house she was is amazing. THIS is the sort of role model young girls should be looking too today not reality stars and pop prima donnas.

On the topic of health, take a look at Joseph Bazalgette, who built the London sewers, much of which is still in use.

Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkle is our nurse hero in Australia. The Japanese tried to execute her by way of firing squad after raping her, she survived (her fellow nurses didn't) and got on with her job that day tending to soldiers that were still alive after the shootings. Later she sorted out evacuations of maimed children during the Vietnam war.

I trained at the Nursing College created her honour in London, The Nightingale Institute. It's now part of King's College, London. I even was awarded a copy of her book, Notes on Nursing, as an award at the end of my training. I am a Mental Health Nurse by profession - one that gets even less gratitude than General Nurses!

I LOVE your T-shirt Natasha. I 💯 agree with the message!

At St Thomas Hospital in London there is the Florence Nightingale museum which is open to the public

If you search for voice if Florence Nightingale on the internet you will hear her. It was recorded in 1890

Just under half a mile from my house is a former 18th century country house that in 1862 was turned into a hospital, the layout of which was heavily influenced by Florence Nightingale. She said that "It will be the most beautiful hospital in England." In 1948 it became a maternity hospital and I was born there in 1950. It is now a centre for specialist rehabilitation therapy.

I watched his video some time ago, but was great watching it again, this time with you guys, and refreshen my memory, Florence, truly an amazing woman, so humble, and someone that we must remember, truly an honourable woman...

Just love this show , it’s been gradually and slowly growing on me , probably because I’m from the UK and feel Humble about the nice things you say , love to hear more about our historic connections the UK have with the US , I’m from Liverpool and our connection with the US is phenomenal! Even our mentality is kind of American ? The last act of the American Civil War was on the banks of the River Mersey , yes Liverpool !! We even have civil war soldiers graves in the city , we had boats going out with one name and coming back in another supporting various groups of the civil war , our relationship with the United States is very strong and I would love to hear stories with these type of connections, keep up the good work ❤️🙏🏻 God bless the Brave service men and women from the two greatest Allies in the world , served with them , love and respect them all ❤️❤️💙💙

She was a great women gave nursing care to the world she gave new skills and experience to other nurses

Thank you ladies. It's time us Brits stop being modest , polite and humble and declare “we gave you the best life you could have and ask for nothing in return but respect.

In Manchester u.k at the local hospital we have the ‘Nightingale centre’. This is for patients as well as their family and friends. They give everyone support and you can just meet up for a coffee and chat to other people going through the same thing. She’s a legend!

If you ever go past St Thomas’ hospital in London you see they house the Florence Nightingale museum.

Wow I really enjoyed this video so much. I learnt about Florence Nightingale at school but I'd forgotten so much since then. This was a great refresher, thank you ❤

A very very capable and formidable woman

Great video good history on Florence nightingale some of it I did not know but I found it shocking what a wonderful woman we can thank her for the nursing we have today around the world funny intro with you two I love the T shirt you had on be kind to animals where you get it from I want one

What a lady, I did know the story but not the detail, wow. The fact that she didn't want any recognition just shows how great she really was when after and in todays society some people want recognition for things they didn't even do? It's hard to believe these days that anyone wanted to even argue her point of view? I'm a WW1 and WW2 historian and collector from OZ and some of the stories I've read about British high command would send shivers down your spine about them being more worried about being saluted than what is more important (Like winning the war) is beyond believe,...they just didn't care about anyone else except themselves. Great reaction and by the way love your T-Shirt 🤣

What an incredible lass, she had some unsavoury beliefs, but in the context of the time period she wasn't unusual in that. Her work though is part of the basis of what would later became the NHS, and I owe a massive debt of gratitude for her work because of that. Seacole also deserves enormous respect, she wasn't able to have the impact that nightingale had, but she was another who's work contributed to our medical understanding. For any nurse, doctor, orderly, cleaner, consultant, and any other support staff I haven't mentioned who works in health, and especially in the NHS, thank you, thank you for everything you do, I owe you so much and I have the utmost respect for you and your brothers and sisters in healthcare. ❤

Thanks ladies loved it.❤

She was inspirational. PS. Love your T Shirt Natasha!