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Man Shares Video of Student Nurse Singing 'Amazing Grace' at His Grandmother's Bedside

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Kindness and compassion are part of a universal language. They apply to all races, cultures, ages and occupations.

It doesn’t matter if you are a sitting in a high-rise office on Wall Street or flipping burgers at your local fast food joint; you are never in the wrong place or time to take a moment to spread some love.

Brittany McArthur, a 21-year-old nursing student from Northern Ireland understands this universal language quite well.

When her patient Nellie started singing a favorite hymn, McArthur — who just so happens to be a trained singer — joined in.

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“We were talking about music because I always get asked do I sing because my name is Brittany (people always link it to Britney Spears),” McArthur told Liftable, a section of The Western Journal.

“We got talking about what songs we knew and Nellie sang first then asked me to sing so we sang ‘Amazing Grace‘ together as it was one we both knew well,” she added.

The sweet moment was captured on video by Colleen Willis and shared by Nellie’s grandson, councillor Jason Barr.

Do you know a compassionate nurse like this one?

“How amazing is this,” Barr wrote on Facebook. “A young nurse Brittany McArthur came into my Granny in Altnagelvin Hospital this morning and sang to her. One of my Granny’s favourite songs.”

Watch as McArthur and Nellie sing this tune together. You might just get chills — this is so incredibly beautiful!

McArthur told Liftable she hadn’t known Nellie long and had only met her on the day the video was taken.

However, this isn’t McArthur’s first time singing to a patient.

“I have sang to many of my patients before and after the video!” she told Liftable. “I’ve actually lost count at how many!”

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Her kindness is being praised by Western Health and Social Care Trust. McArthur was called a “social media singing sensation.”

WHSCT also noted on Facebook that the sweet moment “[highlighted] the compassion and care a nurse has for their patient.”

McArthur is due to finish her three-year BSc Nursing course in August. She admitted she has been shocked by the response the video has received.

“The response has been crazy!” she told Liftable. “The video has reached Canada and America and that seems crazy considering I’m only a little person from little Northern Ireland!”

“Everyone has been so kind and really positive,” she added. “I’m just good it was a happy news story!”

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Sarah Carri is an avid reader and social media guru with a passion for truth and life. Her writing has previously been published in print and online by Focus on the Family and other well known media outlets. Her experience in ministry and Disney entertainment gives her a unique perspective on such topics.
Sarah Carri is an avid reader and social media guru with a passion for truth and life. Her writing has previously been published in print and online by Focus on the Family and other well known media outlets. Her experience in ministry and Disney entertainment gives her a unique perspective on such topics.

Sarah's experience as a successful working stay-at-home mom and business owner has given her the chance to write and research often. She stays up to date on the latest in entertainment and offers her views on celebrity stories based on her wide knowledge of the industry. Her success as a former preschool teacher and licensed daycare provider lend to her know-how on topics relating to parenting and childhood education.

Her thoughts on faith and family issues stem from home life and ministry work. Sarah takes time to attend workshops and classes annually that help her to improve and hone her writing craft. She is a graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature program and her writing has been acclaimed by ACFW and ECPA.
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Institute of Children's Literature, Art Institute of Phoenix (Advertising), University of California Irvine (Theater), Snow College (Early Childhood Education)
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