They are the true frontline workers. Nurses are who we interact with most and are the ones to provide comfort and care. So much more needs to be done for these heroes. Bless them and their families.
Agreed. As a kid I was in and out of hospitals a lot. Im now 29 and there are still a lot of nurses I remember from that time and some who remember me (!) I remember excactly one doctor, who was our family medicine doctor for many years and became good friends with my mother. I think it shows how much of an impact a nurse can have, being compassionate, as doctors tend to be very distant.
Mary Seacole also played a large part in making nursing a more respectable profession, especially for women of color. She operated around the same time as Florence Nightingale (Crimean War), but was barred from the Red Cross for being a WOC. She developed a nursing style that blended modern sanitation and traditional medicine.
Although Nightingale is deservedly remembered, Mary Seacole is way too often forgotten. She was a Jamaican-Scottish nurse who also worked during the Crimean War, and directly on the front lines at that. Seacole actually applied to be a part of Nightingale’s nursing army (among others), but was rejected. Maybe she didn’t have the ”proper” education or she wasn’t qwhite up to standards. Or maybe it was a mix of both. But she was badass and said ”you don’t want me? FINE I’ll go there anyway with my own money” and on site basically scrapbooked together a hotel for injured soilders.
One of my nursing tutors (before I changed to a different medical profession) told my year group about her whilst giving us a potted history of modern nursing. She spent more time talking about Seacole than Nightingale :)
My mother went to nursing school in the early 60s. She was told her nursing program was an “advanced” program for students with high academic scores in high school. Her program had a must higher drop out rate than the standard nursing program. She learned after graduation that the school was actually running a test program to see if nurses could be taught at the same level as med students and be able to do higher level tasks typically reserved for doctors. It was basically a precursor to a nurse practitioner program. She knew so much more than the average nurse due to the program that she was a charge nurse in a major hospital by the time she was 25.
She can't feel her fingers and yet manages to create hairstyles I could only dream of... I'm 20 and can't even braid my own hair. I also LOVE her voice and accent 😭 I could listen to her voice for hours on repeat.
My grandma was a nurse in Brooklyn, NYC in the 1950s. Her father was a doctor so she grew up with nurses around and says she always wanted to be one. She continued to work after getting married in '52, moving to Philadelphia, and through her first two pregnancies. While pregnant, she was transferred to the maternity ward because her "condition" was less likely to offend patients there. She turned 92 at the end of January and is still sharp and independent!
Just yesterday I watched a Polish woman in 18th century clothes rap for healthcare workers. Vintage clothing took over my subscriptions so gradually I didn’t even notice.
Thank you, Jessica, for paying homage to these tremendous frontline workers. Nursing is one of the most admirable professions there is. They are the ones who get to know us, provide constant care for us, and offer comfort and support when we can be at our most vulnerable & frightened. Bless these individuals for being the absolute heroes they are, and thank you for for always being there when we need you - especially now. #InternationalNursesDay 👍🤟❤ Lovely as always! 💝
Stephanie I mean I’m sure lots of historically famous people didn’t believe in germ theory, or other ‘basic’ scientific principals at that time.Could you imagine people discovering something as revolutionary as germ theory just being discovered one day? I’m sure most people would be skeptical even today.
To be fair, if someone told me back then that diseases were caused by this minuscule creatures we can't see with our eyes I'm pretty sure I would have the same feelings I do now when I hear crazy conspiracy theories. It seems obvious to us now, but it was absolutely revolutionary back then and almost completely incomprehensible
i always get the notion that professional hygiene and respect wouldve been an easier concept to sell. maybe a doctor or nurse being pristine and tidy in a messy environment or in an era where general hygiene was low would be a show of professional status and worth, and thoroughly washing your hands and instruments a sign of respect towards the patient. germs or not, you're touching your bum with those hands, even piss is sterile but that doesnt mean anyone should wanna have a piss stained finger touching their raw flesh, i dont see why that was such a hard concept to grasp
@@Crosshill you'd think so but there were definitely times in history when a doctor was considered more skilled etc based on how much blood he (they were basically exclusively men at that time) had on his clothes ... He was really getting his hands dirty so to speak for his patients ... So regardless of whether people knew about or believed in germ theory it was still important to argue for hygienic practices in particular hand washing
You're so right. Also Skillshare, Audible...it's not that I have anything against them but I do appreciate the variety that Jessica has with the sponsors. They also always make perfect sense with the video and her brand.
Thank goodness our uniforms have evolved. When I first graduated, we were expected to wear all white clothing. It was not practical and caused me to constantly having to buy new work clothes. I love scrubs.
I wore scrubs for a few years then my hospital trust decided that we all had to wear formal uniforms (although I opted for tunics and trousers rather than dresses) and only scrubs in theatres and labs. Bit disappointing as scrubs are so darned comfy!
I was shocked at seeing her in scrubs...she's adorable but it was slightly jarring to see her in pants lol. She looks unnatural in anything but a skirt/dress...but not in a bad way.
I wear a 50s nurse's outfit occasionally... it's sort if like a uniform, really. And I was THRILLED the first time I got to wear it...my sister on the other hand not so much. And we had it personally fitted it is AWESOME, really.
I have been watching you for a while now, and I need to tell you that you helped me mentally through a hard time in my life. I started dialysis 2 years ago and depression hit me hard. When I started watching you. Just made my life loads better. Thank you so much
My mom is a registered nurse and has taught nursing at the college level for around 30 years now. She has taught hundreds of nurses over the years and the thought that countless lives may have been saved by her teaching is a point of pride in the family.
My mother and sister are both nurses. In the US, the cap nurses wore was designated by the school they graduated from, and was part of their uniform forever (until caps were dispensed with). With both my mother and sister, nurses wore white polyester, and white rubber soled shoes. The shoes were to be polished daily and kept gleaming white. Those were also the days of pantyhose, the modern torture device. Some places required white hose. Sometime in the late 90s, the traditional nurse's uniform was replaced with scrubs. Most hospitals and clinics use color to denote one's profession ie nurses wearing a different color than support staff or doctors. I had no idea until I was being discharged from hospital by a nursing assistant who was to graduate from school the following week, and told me if I saw him again, look for blue.
Yay! I love that you've made this content! As a student nurse I'm so happy to see someone I look up to outside of the nurse community on social media - celebrate this day!
Lol....when I, very much an adult, was in ICU following a coma, one of my daily delights was to see what absurd scrubs my doctor would appear in......my fave was the cute light blue pair with penguins all over them. This doctor only treated adults, but said his patients were always fascinated by his scrubs.
At the hospital I work at the wearing of patterned scrubs indicate someone isn’t a nurse or doctor at all. Usually they are worn by housekeepers or continuing care assistants, or the occasional lab technician or clerk.
I work in a children's hospital in the UK and the scrubs/uniforms are plain but the visors which are worn when dealing with infectious patients have a extra bit on the holder that with a picture such as an animal or a superhero logo. Since I can imagine the visors could look quite scary to a child I think it's a nice way to help with that.
My mother, of blessed memory, survived infancy thanks to a trio of Scottish nurses specifically trained in caring for premature babies. She was born at Camp Stoneman in California in 1944, 3 months premature. A few months prior the officers club donated an incubator which enabled her to survive. When she was five months old, and ready to leave the hospital, the story is that the nurses had grown so attached to her that she had to be smuggled out. Tragically the three nurses were among those killed in the kamikaze attack on the USS Comfort in 1945.
@@lucylulusuperguru3487 Thank you! I do agree but don't have much interest in doing so. I wouldn't be opposed to it either. She had a twin sister who died several hours after being born from a heart defect. It was a transitional era in medicine where treatments had improved dramatically but was both unevenly available and much about the human body was still not known.
Thank you for this video and honouring nurses and Midwives, I’m a nurse and my aunts and grandmother were mental health nurses. I got a fob watch when I started my training still have it.It’s such a noble profession and should be recognised. Plus you look very professional and stylish in all them uniforms. Stay safe xxxxxx
this video made me emotional because I was a nurse and trained for two years to become one but due to my condition worsening I haven’t been able to practice the career in some time. It’s such an amazing workforce with such a positive community of people and caring for people may not be for everyone but it is one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I miss it all the time but I’m glad I got to experience and dip my toes into the profession. Australian nurses have such a rich history and so many achievements within creating normalized medical care. Uniforms were similar but nursing team leaders were still called matrons all the way up into the 90’s.
I feel you Baylee. I worked in a hospital for several years and just as I was about to sorta finally make up my mind on whether to go back to school and further myself in the field...I got sick...not just a little sick, life altering sick...so now I spend most of my time on the other side of the bed or as the patient and it does nag at me sometimes. I LOVED my time at the hospital it was some of the best and worst (toughest) experiences of my life and I miss it dearly but I'm thankful I had the time I did. If my body were to somehow cooperate I would go back to it again in a heartbeat. Australian and NZ nurses (I'm from the states mind you) have an amazing and fascinating history...those were some truly tough gals! I wish you well doll and hope things improve for your health.
I was almost finished with my midwifery degree when my body just gave up and I developed fibromyalgia. Doing better now but I miss working on the ward so much! My favourite was antenatal. We still have the knowledge even if we cannot practice ❤
Im a nurse in a nursing home in the US. We wear normal scrubs. I got pinned for LPN and RN in a nurse's dress with white tights, white shoes and a white cap. The same outfit my great grandma wore during the time she was a nurse. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great video. I am a Medical Assistant near Seattle Washington and have the highest esteem for nurses. Learning disabilities and chronic illness made nursing school unlikely for me but I hope MAs can gain their own place in history.
My mother was a nurse in her 20s and 30s and I have a cousin studying nursing right now. Having the right combination of a strong stomach, endless compassion and a very large foot to put down on occasion is hard to find. Thank you so much to all of them ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍
That was fun! I graduated in 1975 in Canada. My uniform was a white dress, white pantyhose and white shoes with the white cap that got a black band after passing our Registered Nurse exams. I cannot tell you how many pairs of pantyhose got snagged on beds, wheelchairs and other equipment. I liked the cap when it was made of cotton and could be washed and starched. A simple twist of the ponytail up under the cap and neat and tidy we looked. After a while they changed the cap to plastic and it was almost universally hated. Then as you pointed out we were told they were only germ catchers anyway so we did not have to wear them. The advent of the white pantsuit felt like a get of jail card for some, negating looking to friends for replacement panty hose. I remember getting off shift and thinking blood was the least offensive fluid on my shoes and uniform. They all showed pretty well on the white uniform. The navy cape with red lining was worn mostly on night shift to be gradually replaced by a cardigan for the coolness of the wee small hours. For ceremonial events like graduation and Remembrance Day ceremonies the white uniform complete with white shoes, white cap with black band and Navy Cape with Red lining can be seen. The cape is expensive to make in the traditional serge and satin lining and the originals are getting harder to find. Oh sorry for the trip down memory lane. Yes here now too scrubs rule although some hospitals in an effort to show who actually is a Registered Nurse, as opposed to everyone else, have adopted black pants with a white tunic top and a visible RN badge. Also some areas like the ICU have their own colour scrubs like Navy. I am sure these things change from province to province and even within different facilities. Like I said your video was fun and informative, thanks!
I'm a Russian nurse+medical student and we are going through tough times nowadays . Your video taught me a lot, thank you so much! If you want to learn more about Russian and Soviet nurses you may read about Dasha Sevastopol'skaya (or Dasha from Sevastopol) and about nurses during the Soviet part of WW2 (we call our part of war The Great Patriotic War, may it will be easier to find it that way). Those brave young women (most of them were like small and not super-strong) literally dragged soldiers from the battlefield without help or stretcher only by their hands. Nothing to say, the often died with the soldiers they tried to save, and even if they were able to carry them to the front-line hospital, they still needed either to take care about injured or to go back to the battlefield and carry another one. The amount of respect Russian (and all post-soviet) people have to the front-line nurses (and to any women who work or fraught) is unimaginable
i love this video! =D And happy international nurses day for my fellow sisters and brothers from nursing profession all around the world! =D I'm a nurse from Malaysia and I work in a non-profitable hospital in Penang. Although most nurses from private sectors are wearing scrubs/uniform and no nursing caps, my hospital and the government hospital are still maintaining the nursing cap because it signifies the profession. I have two types of uniform: a dress or blouse with trousers. But both are white. We differentiate nurses with different ranks and specialities by the colour of uniform and caps itself ( Caps with 1 or 2 blue lines, caps with doilies tips etc). But personally to me, I LOVE the uniforms of the era when petticoats and pleated dresses are a thing!
More history classes, pleeeease. Among other delights, we still have International Tea Day, Day of the Seafarer and International Asteroid Day all coming up in the next few months. I'm sure Jessica could make them all dazzling!
This was a really fun and informational watch! Thank you :) This might not be as interesting as some countries, but in the US, nurses also wear scrubs. Most hospitals have certain colors that are allowed, especially in surgery or on high-volume floors. The color sometimes correspond to the nurses' training, hospital wing, etc. Many facilities, especially out-patient and children's wards, allow bright colors and patterns, so as to cheer up the sick. Children love when their nurses are wearing barbie or dinosaur or spiderman themed scrubs. Surgical wards and rooms tend to have much more specific color and scrub style requirements because of the nature to keep everything as safe, sterile, and orderly as possible, and they are sometimes provided to surgeons by the hospital and disposed of later for very specific cases.
Wanted to add that private practices will often or sometimes have their scrub shirts made with their logo and sometimes practitioners names for better transparency and, of course, advertisement :P
Florence nightingale also invented the pie chart. It seems she was frightingly good at presentations to the powers that be to get protocol changes and budget. A logistical powerhouse, if ever there was one.
May 12th is also M.E/C.F.S and Fibromyalgia awareness day, it was chosen because it's Florence Nightengale's birthday as it was long believed that she may have suffered from one of them (though now there seems to be new evidence that it was a different chronic illness that kept her bedbound for years).
I am a Registered Nurse and I loved this video. I am so grateful we can wear scrubs today, but enjoyed the history lessons. I still like the idea of wearing white as is sets nurses apart and more importantly can be bleached which is sooo important. I can't imagine nursing in heels. Nurses in the US have been wearing pants and scrubs since the 70s, but became the norm in the late 80s and 90s.
There was a secondary arm of nursing during the First World War, called the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Their uniform was khaki, and the dresses had a slit at the back to allow for horse riding or motorcyle riding. However, they often wore steel helmets, and even cavalry jodphurs after it became apparent that they were much more practical. Their job was to collect injured soldiers from the front line or no man's land. At first, the British Government ignored their offer to help, so the FANY went to work for Belgium and France during the first two years of the war. - used to work for a military museum and give talks on military nursing
Love this! First of all you should check out Crows Eye Productions video on the VAD nurses and what they were-all the layers from the skin out. Second of all, I own a yellow seersucker nurses uniform I bought off of Ebay. Its delightful and since I'm prone to spills its also one of few vintage items that I actually wear regularly!
Here in Rural Nova Scotia, Canada at the hospital I work at (I am a ward clerk & switchboard operator), most staff wear scrubs with certain certain colours for certain professions &/or departments. For example, before covid, nurses wore black pants with white tops, rehab services (occupational therapists & physio therapist) wear teal, and the rest of staff tend to wear scrubs of various other colours & patterns either in matched or unmatched sets. Only nurses in the operating room wear a cap/ hat while the rest do not.
My sister was one year away from her full RN here in the states. Unfortunately, she passed away suddenly on January 5th. She would have loved your video and nurses are oh so special for being there in crisis. Wonderful job! IG @mcbyrne
How fitting that my brother chose the year of the nurse to start his nursing studies! My Gran started nursing in the late 50s and remembers fussy starched caps being part of the uniform. For anyone interested, ANZAC Girls is a great portrayal of nursing in the first world war.
I remember when visiting our local hospital we would see the naval nurses in their uniform that really looked very old fashioned comparatively. They had massive hats and I always wondered how practical it was. I never see them these days so it may have changed since everyone seems to wear scrubs there now.
Another reason the NHS is awesome and should be protected at all cost. Thankyou to all those nurses working on the frontline - the real pointy end of COVID. Although she wasn't a nurse, my great-grandmother was a midwife and much in demand in country Australia in the late 1800's early 1900's, she would ride a horse or be fetched by husbands if they had a trap, to deliver healthy babies. Her big secret was cleanliness. She washed her hands and equipment which no one but she was allowed to touch.
Love your historical videos and I truly love learning about history. you educate while being entertaining which is so hard it do. You have gotten me through so many hard days. I am a zebra with many comorbid conditions. Your videos help distract me and bring a lot of comfort to me thank you 😊🤗💗😉😉
as someone who lives in extremely comfortable scrubs (I'm a student ODP: operating department practitioner at Addenbrookes hospital which was just featured on a series of the BBC programme Surgeons) I kinda wish our uniforms were still like this, I'm pretty jealous that in her twenties my nan got to walk the halls of her hospital with a blood cape on, and all I get is turquoise ill-fitting scrubs. how unfair! ALSO we still use colours to indicate the rank or banding of our nurses, junior ward nurses often wear yellow belts or arm lapels, while senior staff wear navy belts and lapels. This is also used in theatre where we wear different coloured caps (white: support workers, blue: staff nurses, red: the most qualified nurse/practitioner in theatre, and the person in charge, yellow: all staff in training, green: junior scrub practitioners, pink: nurses new to the hospital, purple: all unqualified staff new to the hospital) and also our most senior staff i.e management, matrons etc where navy scrubs in the place of everyone else's turquoise scrubs ) Although scrubs are common they aren't very common when it comes to ward nurses, you'll see them in theatres or on obstetric wards where you may need to change more often due to fluid splashes etc, but onwards you'll see female nurses either wearing the same style dress and black tights that were common in the 90s or a tunic and trousers, male nurses still wear the high collared shirts. If you see a ward nurse wearings scrubs you can assume they have had a pretty nasty experience with some form of bodily fluid that day! :) (I know this video is over a year old but I've just found it as for some reason this didn't come up on my subscribed feed :( but it is brilliant none the less, and me and all my colleagues are very thankful for your fun and educational video on a very important day! we would love if this got more people interested in the filed of nursing)
Also I'm SUCH a big fan of the Gibson girl hairstyle - I wear it all the time and I'm certain it's improved my hair condition; if past lives are a thing then I'm sure I've popped back from that era...
I wish you would have also worn Jaanuu scrubs! They’re definitely styled towards the future of scrubs... Still comfortable but stylish and allows for more individual expression.
Thank you for this video! I'm a nurse and I really feel like people love us, but they don't know how much work it actually is and no one wants to talk about our work conditions or pay. Thank you. it is nice that you use your platform to spread awareness about the wonders nursing!
My great aunt Ruth was an US army nurse during WW2 and spent alot of time in the UK. She told me lots of stories about her travels (much less about the actual nursing) but she was a badass and lifelong nurse who would go on to train other nurses and eventually help care for her husband who developed early Parkinson's and was the reason why they were able to stay living at home until the end of his life.
My great aunt was part of the overseas nurses from the Philippines and it eventually brought her to Canada where she sponsored/supported many family members including my Dad. My Mom came not long after. Not only does nursing ensure existence, they also can determine where you’ll live! 😅
I’m a very proud student mental health nurse. I wish there was a comprehensive history of psychiatric nursing on here. The way you present information is beautiful!
Military nurses had different outfits based on rank. It was either a thick black skirt and coat, resembling those of a sergeants and naval hat with the caduceus pin on it. There was also the white version of this, with shoulder straps to indicate rank and a black tie. The lowest was a greenish gray button down slip dress with a green side cap.
In western australia nurses wear a navy blue polo shirt and navy pants, with the logo and hospital of the hospital they are at, and at my local hospital, they have thier nursing positions initials sewn in the uniform too
I love your videos and loved seeing the different outfits. Thank God I don't have to wear a nursing cap anymore. Also it just feels weird to be praised when under normal circumstances (no plague) people who either ignore what my job is or cuss me out for "not doing my job right" because in TV shows they do *blank*. I guess I just wish people were nicer without a plague induced threat.
@@serenamaria6989 it usually not the patients but family. And honestly when patients are mean/ aggressive they usually come around and apologize for how they acted. Families do not apologize (usually) but become more aggressive. So don't feel bad about the drug reaction it happens.
To any nurses/other medical professionals reading this, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. You are all wonderful people and are holding us together during this trying time. Truly, thank you. 💕
So im from mexico and this is how the nurses uniforms look like for one of the medical institution (i tried to put in here a picture but could not figure out how to do it so im going to have to describe it, i apologize in advance for my terrible grammar) so the nurses in there ussualy wear white scrubs/ button down shirt that can be short or long sleeved , and some female nurses can use either a skirt or trousers, this is paired with a green sweater all year long, and female nurses use a kind of mob cap, also sometimes male nurses can use a green tie. they are kind of classics and look unconfortable so i got respect for them because sadly we dont have a great medical system in here. have a great time
My grandmother was a (British) wwii nurse and that's how she met my (american) grandfather!
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In Brazil, nurses (and most health professionals) wear white clothes (some professionals, such as doctors, wear white coats too, but usually nurses don't).
At the hospital that my father was a nurse at, everyone wore scrubs, from custodians to front desk staff. But the uniforms were color coded. Custodians wore aquamarine, and most nurses wore burgundy, front desk wore dark blue. The pediatric nurses wore light blue, but could switch out their scrub tops for cute patterns that the children liked.
So the realisation I had 8 min into the video was wait....so Nurse Joy's loops are historically an homage to the first instance of the nursing profession?!!
This is truly so amazing💕 to anyone who reads this that is in the medical field, and even more just someone who has been working through this pandemic, thank you❤️ thank you for everything that you do!
My mum and mamma (grandma) were both nurses and they're in isolation together as they are both at risk groups. I'm really missing them right now, so thank you! My mamma gave me her nursing badges and belt, which are beautiful. My mamma wanted to be a nurse since she was little, but she was too young so a nurse she was friendly with spoke with the hospital and she worked in the cleaning rooms, boiling equipment and cleaning sheets and linen. She was only 16 when she trained as a nurse I believe. And then she specialised in nursing people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities, so when I was born many years later, she was quick to pick up that I was autistic. She was eventually put forward to have tea with the queen for her nursing services and work, and I have her beautiful invitation. I love my mamma and I can't wait to see her again.
Wonderful video Jessica! I recently saw a new Canadian opera about the tragedy of the Llandovery Castle: a hospital ship from Canada that was sunk by a German submarine during WW1. It was a horrific thing, with only 3 survivors. All of the nurses were drowned. The tragedy was used in a great deal of anti-German propaganda that depicted them as monsters drowning the brave, self sacrificing Canadian nurses.
Not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure here in Australia the nurse outfits are just either light blue scrubs in ED or maybe dark green ones? I can't remember but I had a friend who's dad was a nurse and that's what I remember him wearing. Please correct me if I'm wrong!
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Nurses are the best. The work in bad conditions with little pay and not enough respect.
They are the true frontline workers. Nurses are who we interact with most and are the ones to provide comfort and care. So much more needs to be done for these heroes. Bless them and their families.
Michelle Tackett AMEN!! Otherwise, no one would have a made a fortune off of the saying "If you have a question, ask a Nurse! 🤣
well, the ones that aren't sociopaths.
@@znyznyzny Imagine throwing around the term sociopath I could never
Agreed. As a kid I was in and out of hospitals a lot. Im now 29 and there are still a lot of nurses I remember from that time and some who remember me (!) I remember excactly one doctor, who was our family medicine doctor for many years and became good friends with my mother. I think it shows how much of an impact a nurse can have, being compassionate, as doctors tend to be very distant.
Mary Seacole also played a large part in making nursing a more respectable profession, especially for women of color. She operated around the same time as Florence Nightingale (Crimean War), but was barred from the Red Cross for being a WOC. She developed a nursing style that blended modern sanitation and traditional medicine.
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Although Nightingale is deservedly remembered, Mary Seacole is way too often forgotten. She was a Jamaican-Scottish nurse who also worked during the Crimean War, and directly on the front lines at that. Seacole actually applied to be a part of Nightingale’s nursing army (among others), but was rejected. Maybe she didn’t have the ”proper” education or she wasn’t qwhite up to standards. Or maybe it was a mix of both. But she was badass and said ”you don’t want me? FINE I’ll go there anyway with my own money” and on site basically scrapbooked together a hotel for injured soilders.
I was hoping someone would mention Mary seacole - I had her horrible histories song stuck in my head throughout the video
I was hoping someone would mention her too, as I couldn't remember her name.
such an awesome lady often forgottten by history books. I blame racism.
'qwhite' genius
One of my nursing tutors (before I changed to a different medical profession) told my year group about her whilst giving us a potted history of modern nursing. She spent more time talking about Seacole than Nightingale :)
My mother went to nursing school in the early 60s. She was told her nursing program was an “advanced” program for students with high academic scores in high school. Her program had a must higher drop out rate than the standard nursing program.
She learned after graduation that the school was actually running a test program to see if nurses could be taught at the same level as med students and be able to do higher level tasks typically reserved for doctors.
It was basically a precursor to a nurse practitioner program. She knew so much more than the average nurse due to the program that she was a charge nurse in a major hospital by the time she was 25.
That happened with a few Paramedic programs attached to colleges and universities.
That's amazing!!!
She can't feel her fingers and yet manages to create hairstyles I could only dream of... I'm 20 and can't even braid my own hair.
I also LOVE her voice and accent 😭 I could listen to her voice for hours on repeat.
Don’t feel bad. I didn’t learn to braid my own hair until I was 30. And I’m still not great at it.
I learnt to braid at 25 for a few months before my sisters wedding
I'm 28 and cant braid my hair 🤣
It's a lot of trying. Just start doing it while watching tv. Mine always look worse in the mirror. Since it makes it more confusing
Thanks guys.. that really made me feel a lot better about not being able to braid my hair.
My grandma was a nurse in Brooklyn, NYC in the 1950s. Her father was a doctor so she grew up with nurses around and says she always wanted to be one. She continued to work after getting married in '52, moving to Philadelphia, and through her first two pregnancies. While pregnant, she was transferred to the maternity ward because her "condition" was less likely to offend patients there. She turned 92 at the end of January and is still sharp and independent!
My! We mustn't offend anyone.
"Yes, I do actually have legs under my skirt. Shocking, I realise"
That made me laugh more than I expected to.
It was super weird to see them 😆
That made me laugh as well! There is a video where Claudia and Jessica swap styles and you can see Jessica in jeans! It’s just as shocking!
Just yesterday I watched a Polish woman in 18th century clothes rap for healthcare workers. Vintage clothing took over my subscriptions so gradually I didn’t even notice.
Karolina our Meme Mom!!! Adore her. Imagine Jessica, Karolina, and Bernadette Banner doing a video together.
MEME MOOOOM!!
@@rebeccawest8973 oh, as well as Morgan Donner and Rachel Maksy maybe... that would be lovely!
Meme Mom's video has officially gone viral 😂 we'll have to let her know!
Britischen Adligen Alas, I saw the video because I was already subscribed. But it’s not too late to get it viral!
This is so cool. My mum is a nurse and we had a dinner to celebrate her and how she helps people on a daily basis. 🤍
Thank you to your mum. A hero, and this world is that much better for having her here. 🤟❤
Richard Velez Thank you from my mum. That’s very kind. 😊
Thank you, Jessica, for paying homage to these tremendous frontline workers. Nursing is one of the most admirable professions there is. They are the ones who get to know us, provide constant care for us, and offer comfort and support when we can be at our most vulnerable & frightened. Bless these individuals for being the absolute heroes they are, and thank you for for always being there when we need you - especially now.
#InternationalNursesDay 👍🤟❤
Lovely as always! 💝
fun fact: Florence nightingale didn't believe in germ theory when it was first published, she just believed in the importance of hygiene
Stephanie I mean I’m sure lots of historically famous people didn’t believe in germ theory, or other ‘basic’ scientific principals at that time.Could you imagine people discovering something as revolutionary as germ theory just being discovered one day? I’m sure most people would be skeptical even today.
That's what I've heard, she believed in the miasma theory (even if it was disproved since, by fighting miasma they accidentally eliminated germs)
To be fair, if someone told me back then that diseases were caused by this minuscule creatures we can't see with our eyes I'm pretty sure I would have the same feelings I do now when I hear crazy conspiracy theories. It seems obvious to us now, but it was absolutely revolutionary back then and almost completely incomprehensible
i always get the notion that professional hygiene and respect wouldve been an easier concept to sell. maybe a doctor or nurse being pristine and tidy in a messy environment or in an era where general hygiene was low would be a show of professional status and worth, and thoroughly washing your hands and instruments a sign of respect towards the patient. germs or not, you're touching your bum with those hands, even piss is sterile but that doesnt mean anyone should wanna have a piss stained finger touching their raw flesh, i dont see why that was such a hard concept to grasp
@@Crosshill you'd think so but there were definitely times in history when a doctor was considered more skilled etc based on how much blood he (they were basically exclusively men at that time) had on his clothes ... He was really getting his hands dirty so to speak for his patients ... So regardless of whether people knew about or believed in germ theory it was still important to argue for hygienic practices in particular hand washing
jessica always gets such cool sponsors! I'm so happy I don't have to hear about raycon again lol
Especially since she's deaf... It would be a silly pairing (I thought I was the only one inundated with raycon)
You're so right. Also Skillshare, Audible...it's not that I have anything against them but I do appreciate the variety that Jessica has with the sponsors. They also always make perfect sense with the video and her brand.
Thank goodness our uniforms have evolved. When I first graduated, we were expected to wear all white clothing. It was not practical and caused me to constantly having to buy new work clothes. I love scrubs.
I am disappointed that so many hospitals have disallowed patterned scrubs.
I wore scrubs for a few years then my hospital trust decided that we all had to wear formal uniforms (although I opted for tunics and trousers rather than dresses) and only scrubs in theatres and labs. Bit disappointing as scrubs are so darned comfy!
when the dresses vanished I decided to become a Paramedic, rather than a Nurse lol. was in it for the uniform
"I do actually have legs under my skirts! Shocking, I know!" You're such a gem 😂
I was shocked at seeing her in scrubs...she's adorable but it was slightly jarring to see her in pants lol. She looks unnatural in anything but a skirt/dress...but not in a bad way.
I wear a 50s nurse's outfit occasionally... it's sort if like a uniform, really. And I was THRILLED the first time I got to wear it...my sister on the other hand not so much. And we had it personally fitted it is AWESOME, really.
I have been watching you for a while now, and I need to tell you that you helped me mentally through a hard time in my life. I started dialysis 2 years ago and depression hit me hard. When I started watching you. Just made my life loads better. Thank you so much
My mom is a registered nurse and has taught nursing at the college level for around 30 years now. She has taught hundreds of nurses over the years and the thought that countless lives may have been saved by her teaching is a point of pride in the family.
You should also do a video on the nurse Mary Jane Seacole who started the "British Hotel" behind lines during the Crimean war as well!
My mother and sister are both nurses. In the US, the cap nurses wore was designated by the school they graduated from, and was part of their uniform forever (until caps were dispensed with). With both my mother and sister, nurses wore white polyester, and white rubber soled shoes. The shoes were to be polished daily and kept gleaming white. Those were also the days of pantyhose, the modern torture device. Some places required white hose. Sometime in the late 90s, the traditional nurse's uniform was replaced with scrubs. Most hospitals and clinics use color to denote one's profession ie nurses wearing a different color than support staff or doctors. I had no idea until I was being discharged from hospital by a nursing assistant who was to graduate from school the following week, and told me if I saw him again, look for blue.
Yay! I love that you've made this content! As a student nurse I'm so happy to see someone I look up to outside of the nurse community on social media - celebrate this day!
I love the patterned scrubs that nurses and doctors working with children wear (this might just be a US thing)
Meg Redwine they also often do it in the UK as well ! And yes I agree , I love them too:)
That's so adorable! I don't think it's a thing in Sweden unfortunately, I would have loved that as a child.
Lol....when I, very much an adult, was in ICU following a coma, one of my daily delights was to see what absurd scrubs my doctor would appear in......my fave was the cute light blue pair with penguins all over them. This doctor only treated adults, but said his patients were always fascinated by his scrubs.
At the hospital I work at the wearing of patterned scrubs indicate someone isn’t a nurse or doctor at all. Usually they are worn by housekeepers or continuing care assistants, or the occasional lab technician or clerk.
I work in a children's hospital in the UK and the scrubs/uniforms are plain but the visors which are worn when dealing with infectious patients have a extra bit on the holder that with a picture such as an animal or a superhero logo. Since I can imagine the visors could look quite scary to a child I think it's a nice way to help with that.
My mother, of blessed memory, survived infancy thanks to a trio of Scottish nurses specifically trained in caring for premature babies. She was born at Camp Stoneman in California in 1944, 3 months premature. A few months prior the officers club donated an incubator which enabled her to survive. When she was five months old, and ready to leave the hospital, the story is that the nurses had grown so attached to her that she had to be smuggled out. Tragically the three nurses were among those killed in the kamikaze attack on the USS Comfort in 1945.
Wow, that would make an interesting show/movie...if you had enough facts to work with...sounds like you might.
That's so cool!
@@lucylulusuperguru3487 Thank you! I do agree but don't have much interest in doing so. I wouldn't be opposed to it either. She had a twin sister who died several hours after being born from a heart defect. It was a transitional era in medicine where treatments had improved dramatically but was both unevenly available and much about the human body was still not known.
Thank you for this video and honouring nurses and Midwives, I’m a nurse and my aunts and grandmother were mental health nurses. I got a fob watch when I started my training still have it.It’s such a noble profession and should be recognised. Plus you look very professional and stylish in all them uniforms. Stay safe xxxxxx
My engraved fob watch got stolen. I often miss it even though I'm not working on a ward now
this video made me emotional because I was a nurse and trained for two years to become one but due to my condition worsening I haven’t been able to practice the career in some time. It’s such an amazing workforce with such a positive community of people and caring for people may not be for everyone but it is one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. I miss it all the time but I’m glad I got to experience and dip my toes into the profession.
Australian nurses have such a rich history and so many achievements within creating normalized medical care. Uniforms were similar but nursing team leaders were still called matrons all the way up into the 90’s.
I feel you Baylee. I worked in a hospital for several years and just as I was about to sorta finally make up my mind on whether to go back to school and further myself in the field...I got sick...not just a little sick, life altering sick...so now I spend most of my time on the other side of the bed or as the patient and it does nag at me sometimes. I LOVED my time at the hospital it was some of the best and worst (toughest) experiences of my life and I miss it dearly but I'm thankful I had the time I did. If my body were to somehow cooperate I would go back to it again in a heartbeat. Australian and NZ nurses (I'm from the states mind you) have an amazing and fascinating history...those were some truly tough gals! I wish you well doll and hope things improve for your health.
I was almost finished with my midwifery degree when my body just gave up and I developed fibromyalgia. Doing better now but I miss working on the ward so much! My favourite was antenatal.
We still have the knowledge even if we cannot practice ❤
Im a nurse in a nursing home in the US. We wear normal scrubs. I got pinned for LPN and RN in a nurse's dress with white tights, white shoes and a white cap. The same outfit my great grandma wore during the time she was a nurse. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great video. I am a Medical Assistant near Seattle Washington and have the highest esteem for nurses. Learning disabilities and chronic illness made nursing school unlikely for me but I hope MAs can gain their own place in history.
Felt so special to be introduced to Claudia's mum! Such a lovely video that you clearly put a heck tonne of work into
HUGE Thank You to all the nurses out there, especially during a time like this. Much Love & God Bless!
My mother was a nurse in her 20s and 30s and I have a cousin studying nursing right now. Having the right combination of a strong stomach, endless compassion and a very large foot to put down on occasion is hard to find. Thank you so much to all of them ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍
That was fun! I graduated in 1975 in Canada. My uniform was a white dress, white pantyhose and white shoes with the white cap that got a black band after passing our Registered Nurse exams. I cannot tell you how many pairs of pantyhose got snagged on beds, wheelchairs and other equipment. I liked the cap when it was made of cotton and could be washed and starched. A simple twist of the ponytail up under the cap and neat and tidy we looked. After a while they changed the cap to plastic and it was almost universally hated. Then as you pointed out we were told they were only germ catchers anyway so we did not have to wear them. The advent of the white pantsuit felt like a get of jail card for some, negating looking to friends for replacement panty hose. I remember getting off shift and thinking blood was the least offensive fluid on my shoes and uniform. They all showed pretty well on the white uniform. The navy cape with red lining was worn mostly on night shift to be gradually replaced by a cardigan for the coolness of the wee small hours. For ceremonial events like graduation and Remembrance Day ceremonies the white uniform complete with white shoes, white cap with black band and Navy Cape with Red lining can be seen. The cape is expensive to make in the traditional serge and satin lining and the originals are getting harder to find. Oh sorry for the trip down memory lane. Yes here now too scrubs rule although some hospitals in an effort to show who actually is a Registered Nurse, as opposed to everyone else, have adopted black pants with a white tunic top and a visible RN badge. Also some areas like the ICU have their own colour scrubs like Navy. I am sure these things change from province to province and even within different facilities. Like I said your video was fun and informative, thanks!
This video has taught me more then my history classes ever did
I'm a Russian nurse+medical student and we are going through tough times nowadays . Your video taught me a lot, thank you so much!
If you want to learn more about Russian and Soviet nurses you may read about Dasha Sevastopol'skaya (or Dasha from Sevastopol) and about nurses during the Soviet part of WW2 (we call our part of war The Great Patriotic War, may it will be easier to find it that way). Those brave young women (most of them were like small and not super-strong) literally
dragged soldiers from the battlefield without help or stretcher only by their hands. Nothing to say, the often died with the soldiers they tried to save, and even if they were able to carry them
to the front-line hospital, they still needed either to take care about injured or to go back to the battlefield and carry another one. The amount of respect Russian (and all post-soviet) people have to the front-line nurses (and to any women who work or fraught) is unimaginable
My mom was a nurse. Very important profession and a very special person who is called to it.
i love this video! =D And happy international nurses day for my fellow sisters and brothers from nursing profession all around the world! =D
I'm a nurse from Malaysia and I work in a non-profitable hospital in Penang. Although most nurses from private sectors are wearing scrubs/uniform and no nursing caps, my hospital and the government hospital are still maintaining the nursing cap because it signifies the profession. I have two types of uniform: a dress or blouse with trousers. But both are white. We differentiate nurses with different ranks and specialities by the colour of uniform and caps itself ( Caps with 1 or 2 blue lines, caps with doilies tips etc). But personally to me, I LOVE the uniforms of the era when petticoats and pleated dresses are a thing!
More history classes, pleeeease. Among other delights, we still have International Tea Day, Day of the Seafarer and International Asteroid Day all coming up in the next few months. I'm sure Jessica could make them all dazzling!
the coincidence of it being the 200 year anniversary and Rona time is scary
This was a really fun and informational watch! Thank you :) This might not be as interesting as some countries, but in the US, nurses also wear scrubs. Most hospitals have certain colors that are allowed, especially in surgery or on high-volume floors. The color sometimes correspond to the nurses' training, hospital wing, etc. Many facilities, especially out-patient and children's wards, allow bright colors and patterns, so as to cheer up the sick. Children love when their nurses are wearing barbie or dinosaur or spiderman themed scrubs. Surgical wards and rooms tend to have much more specific color and scrub style requirements because of the nature to keep everything as safe, sterile, and orderly as possible, and they are sometimes provided to surgeons by the hospital and disposed of later for very specific cases.
Wanted to add that private practices will often or sometimes have their scrub shirts made with their logo and sometimes practitioners names for better transparency and, of course, advertisement :P
In the US: my mom's first uniform was a straight white dress with a hat and flat tie shoes. They now where white scrubs. She misses the hats.
Florence nightingale also invented the pie chart. It seems she was frightingly good at presentations to the powers that be to get protocol changes and budget. A logistical powerhouse, if ever there was one.
This is one of your best historical profile videos. I also love the personal family stories.
May 12th is also M.E/C.F.S and Fibromyalgia awareness day, it was chosen because it's Florence Nightengale's birthday as it was long believed that she may have suffered from one of them (though now there seems to be new evidence that it was a different chronic illness that kept her bedbound for years).
I am a Registered Nurse and I loved this video. I am so grateful we can wear scrubs today, but enjoyed the history lessons. I still like the idea of wearing white as is sets nurses apart and more importantly can be bleached which is sooo important. I can't imagine nursing in heels. Nurses in the US have been wearing pants and scrubs since the 70s, but became the norm in the late 80s and 90s.
There was a secondary arm of nursing during the First World War, called the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Their uniform was khaki, and the dresses had a slit at the back to allow for horse riding or motorcyle riding. However, they often wore steel helmets, and even cavalry jodphurs after it became apparent that they were much more practical. Their job was to collect injured soldiers from the front line or no man's land. At first, the British Government ignored their offer to help, so the FANY went to work for Belgium and France during the first two years of the war.
- used to work for a military museum and give talks on military nursing
Love this!
First of all you should check out Crows Eye Productions video on the VAD nurses and what they were-all the layers from the skin out.
Second of all, I own a yellow seersucker nurses uniform I bought off of Ebay. Its delightful and since I'm prone to spills its also one of few vintage items that I actually wear regularly!
Here in Rural Nova Scotia, Canada at the hospital I work at (I am
a ward clerk & switchboard operator), most staff wear scrubs with certain certain colours for certain professions &/or departments. For example, before covid, nurses wore black pants with white tops, rehab services (occupational therapists & physio therapist) wear teal, and the rest of staff tend to wear scrubs of various other colours & patterns either in matched or unmatched sets. Only nurses in the operating room wear a cap/ hat while the rest do not.
The fob watch thing is new to me! My mother was a nurse, and just wore a watch. It had to have a second hand, of course.
My sister was one year away from her full RN here in the states. Unfortunately, she passed away suddenly on January 5th. She would have loved your video and nurses are oh so special for being there in crisis. Wonderful job! IG @mcbyrne
How fitting that my brother chose the year of the nurse to start his nursing studies! My Gran started nursing in the late 50s and remembers fussy starched caps being part of the uniform.
For anyone interested, ANZAC Girls is a great portrayal of nursing in the first world war.
Australian- here we wear scrubs, with roles noted on badges. One hospital I was at also denoted roles by the colour of our lanyards
I remember when visiting our local hospital we would see the naval nurses in their uniform that really looked very old fashioned comparatively. They had massive hats and I always wondered how practical it was. I never see them these days so it may have changed since everyone seems to wear scrubs there now.
How tf do I always happen to refresh youtube exactly when you upload?? I mean I'm not complaining.....
Another reason the NHS is awesome and should be protected at all cost.
Thankyou to all those nurses working on the frontline - the real pointy end of COVID.
Although she wasn't a nurse, my great-grandmother was a midwife and much in demand in country Australia in the late 1800's early 1900's, she would ride a horse or be fetched by husbands if they had a trap, to deliver healthy babies.
Her big secret was cleanliness. She washed her hands and equipment which no one but she was allowed to touch.
Love your historical videos and I truly love learning about history. you educate while being entertaining which is so hard it do. You have gotten me through so many hard days. I am a zebra with many comorbid conditions. Your videos help distract me and bring a lot of comfort to me thank you 😊🤗💗😉😉
as someone who lives in extremely comfortable scrubs (I'm a student ODP: operating department practitioner at Addenbrookes hospital which was just featured on a series of the BBC programme Surgeons) I kinda wish our uniforms were still like this, I'm pretty jealous that in her twenties my nan got to walk the halls of her hospital with a blood cape on, and all I get is turquoise ill-fitting scrubs. how unfair!
ALSO we still use colours to indicate the rank or banding of our nurses, junior ward nurses often wear yellow belts or arm lapels, while senior staff wear navy belts and lapels. This is also used in theatre where we wear different coloured caps (white: support workers, blue: staff nurses, red: the most qualified nurse/practitioner in theatre, and the person in charge, yellow: all staff in training, green: junior scrub practitioners, pink: nurses new to the hospital, purple: all unqualified staff new to the hospital) and also our most senior staff i.e management, matrons etc where navy scrubs in the place of everyone else's turquoise scrubs )
Although scrubs are common they aren't very common when it comes to ward nurses, you'll see them in theatres or on obstetric wards where you may need to change more often due to fluid splashes etc, but onwards you'll see female nurses either wearing the same style dress and black tights that were common in the 90s or a tunic and trousers, male nurses still wear the high collared shirts. If you see a ward nurse wearings scrubs you can assume they have had a pretty nasty experience with some form of bodily fluid that day! :)
(I know this video is over a year old but I've just found it as for some reason this didn't come up on my subscribed feed :( but it is brilliant none the less, and me and all my colleagues are very thankful for your fun and educational video on a very important day! we would love if this got more people interested in the filed of nursing)
I really liked this. Sent it to my mom, my favorite nurse.
That’s so cool I never realized my birthday was international nurse day! And that I share a birthday with Florence nightingale
Thanks for this! I'll have to give an extra thanks to my brother and uncle today for their work in nursing.
Also I'm SUCH a big fan of the Gibson girl hairstyle - I wear it all the time and I'm certain it's improved my hair condition; if past lives are a thing then I'm sure I've popped back from that era...
Since you brought up Florence Nightengale, I feel the need to give a shoutout to Mary Seacole ;)
I wish you would have also worn Jaanuu scrubs! They’re definitely styled towards the future of scrubs... Still comfortable but stylish and allows for more individual expression.
Thank you for this video! I'm a nurse and I really feel like people love us, but they don't know how much work it actually is and no one wants to talk about our work conditions or pay. Thank you. it is nice that you use your platform to spread awareness about the wonders nursing!
Your videos are SO HIGH QUALITY ❤️u deserve all the sponsors
My great aunt Ruth was an US army nurse during WW2 and spent alot of time in the UK. She told me lots of stories about her travels (much less about the actual nursing) but she was a badass and lifelong nurse who would go on to train other nurses and eventually help care for her husband who developed early Parkinson's and was the reason why they were able to stay living at home until the end of his life.
My great aunt was part of the overseas nurses from the Philippines and it eventually brought her to Canada where she sponsored/supported many family members including my Dad. My Mom came not long after. Not only does nursing ensure existence, they also can determine where you’ll live! 😅
Our nurses right now, just wear scrubs. They work hard. Thank you to all nurses and medical people.
I think the 1970 s uniform is lovely and hats look great
I’m a very proud student mental health nurse. I wish there was a comprehensive history of psychiatric nursing on here. The way you present information is beautiful!
In the 1950’s in America we had white pencil dresses with multiple pockets that was knee length with a belt around the waist and buttons down the sude
Military nurses had different outfits based on rank. It was either a thick black skirt and coat, resembling those of a sergeants and naval hat with the caduceus pin on it. There was also the white version of this, with shoulder straps to indicate rank and a black tie. The lowest was a greenish gray button down slip dress with a green side cap.
In western australia nurses wear a navy blue polo shirt and navy pants, with the logo and hospital of the hospital they are at, and at my local hospital, they have thier nursing positions initials sewn in the uniform too
I love your videos and loved seeing the different outfits. Thank God I don't have to wear a nursing cap anymore. Also it just feels weird to be praised when under normal circumstances (no plague) people who either ignore what my job is or cuss me out for "not doing my job right" because in TV shows they do *blank*. I guess I just wish people were nicer without a plague induced threat.
Other than during my post anaesthetic rage/misery(sorry) I try to always be nice to nurses. Thank you for all you do 💜
@@serenamaria6989 it usually not the patients but family. And honestly when patients are mean/ aggressive they usually come around and apologize for how they acted. Families do not apologize (usually) but become more aggressive. So don't feel bad about the drug reaction it happens.
@@serenamaria6989 thank you for the appreciation
To any nurses/other medical professionals reading this, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. You are all wonderful people and are holding us together during this trying time. Truly, thank you. 💕
So im from mexico and this is how the nurses uniforms look like for one of the medical institution (i tried to put in here a picture but could not figure out how to do it so im going to have to describe it, i apologize in advance for my terrible grammar) so the nurses in there ussualy wear white scrubs/ button down shirt that can be short or long sleeved , and some female nurses can use either a skirt or trousers, this is paired with a green sweater all year long, and female nurses use a kind of mob cap, also sometimes male nurses can use a green tie. they are kind of classics and look unconfortable so i got respect for them because sadly we dont have a great medical system in here. have a great time
Was Claudia's mother beautiful, or what!
My mom is a nurse's aid. She has so many colors and patters.
Jessica: mentions Gibson girl hair
Me: **pats my Gibson esque hair in gleeful acknowledgement**
Thank you for sharing this! I love having a family full of nurses.
My grandmother was a (British) wwii nurse and that's how she met my (american) grandfather!
In Brazil, nurses (and most health professionals) wear white clothes (some professionals, such as doctors, wear white coats too, but usually nurses don't).
I wish all history lessons were as intriguing as Jessica makes them
Love seeing the historical dresses :)
vintage nursing always reminds me of the movie Atonement. sad but good movie.
At the hospital that my father was a nurse at, everyone wore scrubs, from custodians to front desk staff. But the uniforms were color coded. Custodians wore aquamarine, and most nurses wore burgundy, front desk wore dark blue. The pediatric nurses wore light blue, but could switch out their scrub tops for cute patterns that the children liked.
"I had to draw my eyebrows. They are not very big...or real". 😁😄
So the realisation I had 8 min into the video was wait....so Nurse Joy's loops are historically an homage to the first instance of the nursing profession?!!
Lovely and informative. Thank you for all of this!
This is truly so amazing💕 to anyone who reads this that is in the medical field, and even more just someone who has been working through this pandemic, thank you❤️ thank you for everything that you do!
You did a amazing job for what you had
My godsister is a nurse, something she has sworn she would do since we were children. She's working in an all COVID unit and I'm so proud of her. ❤️
I need a collaboration between you and Karolina Zebrowska! Check her our pls! You guys would be dope together! 😍
22Maggy22 Yeah, but it might be difficult to tell them apart 😜
I guess we'll have to wait for that one after the borders open again. 😊
My mum and mamma (grandma) were both nurses and they're in isolation together as they are both at risk groups. I'm really missing them right now, so thank you! My mamma gave me her nursing badges and belt, which are beautiful. My mamma wanted to be a nurse since she was little, but she was too young so a nurse she was friendly with spoke with the hospital and she worked in the cleaning rooms, boiling equipment and cleaning sheets and linen. She was only 16 when she trained as a nurse I believe. And then she specialised in nursing people with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities, so when I was born many years later, she was quick to pick up that I was autistic. She was eventually put forward to have tea with the queen for her nursing services and work, and I have her beautiful invitation. I love my mamma and I can't wait to see her again.
I appreciated this video. I graduated nursing school in May of this year.
Wonderful video Jessica!
I recently saw a new Canadian opera about the tragedy of the Llandovery Castle: a hospital ship from Canada that was sunk by a German submarine during WW1. It was a horrific thing, with only 3 survivors. All of the nurses were drowned. The tragedy was used in a great deal of anti-German propaganda that depicted them as monsters drowning the brave, self sacrificing Canadian nurses.
What a cute puppy!
You look so excited making your hair
Love seeing you sign please don’t stop
Wonderful as always!
As a nurse I thought this was amazing!
It's as if you're reading my mind, I literally just started researching nursing in the 1870s/80s for a story I'm working on
Please do a Florence Nightingale historical profile!!! She was chronically ill after Chrimea
Not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure here in Australia the nurse outfits are just either light blue scrubs in ED or maybe dark green ones? I can't remember but I had a friend who's dad was a nurse and that's what I remember him wearing. Please correct me if I'm wrong!