Doreen Norton
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Doreen Norton | |
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Born | 1922 |
Died | 2007 |
Occupation | nurse leader |
Doreen Norton, OBE, FRCN (1 May 1922, in Dartford, Kent – 30 December 2007, in Worthing, West Sussex) was an English nurse, in the 1950s she used research to show that the best treatment and prevention of bedsores was removing the pressure by turning the patient.[citation needed]
She was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1976.[1]
Norton was regarded as instrumental in changing nursing practices to effectively treat pressure ulcers, a major killer of hospital inpatients.[2][3]
References
- ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Elliott, Jane (21 March 2009). "How one nurse helped stop killer bedsores". BBC News. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Dopson, Laurence (15 February 2008). "Doreen Norton: Pioneer in geriatric nursing". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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