After watching both videos, I realized how Florence Nightingale and Catherine McAuley have influenced the nursing profession in similar ways. Their passion and determination have introduced other individuals to the concepts the nursing profession entails. Both Florence Nightingale and Catherine McAuley had a need to help others, saw the good in all people, worked hard to get things accomplished, were selfless, and portrayed nursing in a better light.
Catherine McAuley and Florence Nightingale had the need to help others and I hope to have as much determination as they did, when I become a nurse. Catherine McAuley wanted to give the money she received to help women who were poor and subjected to obey their masters. Catherine McAuley provided a safe place for these women to stay. Catherine McAuley also cared for individuals who were sick. She would expose herself to cholera to care for people. On the other hand, Florence Nightingale saw the way nurses were treating their patients and the conditions in which they were treated and wanted to change the treatment process. Florence Nightingale also wanted to travel to an area where conditions were worse to help …show more content…
For example, Catherine McAuley did not go and buy houses for her to live in or a bunch of clothes when she inherited money. Instead, Catherine McAuley spent the money she inherited to help individuals who needed a safe place to stay. Also, Catherine McAuley gave up her chance to have her own family, so that she could become a nun. Florence Nightingale was living a wealthy lifestyle and she gave up that living to help others. She also fell in love with a man name Richard and she did not marry him. In a part of the video, she talks about how she loves kids and she gave up her opportunity to have kids, so that she could care for individuals who were sick or
Catherine McAuley and Florence Nightingale had the need to help others and I hope to have as much determination as they did, when I become a nurse. Catherine McAuley wanted to give the money she received to help women who were poor and subjected to obey their masters. Catherine McAuley provided a safe place for these women to stay. Catherine McAuley also cared for individuals who were sick. She would expose herself to cholera to care for people. On the other hand, Florence Nightingale saw the way nurses were treating their patients and the conditions in which they were treated and wanted to change the treatment process. Florence Nightingale also wanted to travel to an area where conditions were worse to help …show more content…
For example, Catherine McAuley did not go and buy houses for her to live in or a bunch of clothes when she inherited money. Instead, Catherine McAuley spent the money she inherited to help individuals who needed a safe place to stay. Also, Catherine McAuley gave up her chance to have her own family, so that she could become a nun. Florence Nightingale was living a wealthy lifestyle and she gave up that living to help others. She also fell in love with a man name Richard and she did not marry him. In a part of the video, she talks about how she loves kids and she gave up her opportunity to have kids, so that she could care for individuals who were sick or