Doreen Norton Explained

Doreen Norton
Honorific Suffix:OBE, FRCN
Birth Date:1922
Death Date: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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows . 7 Nov 2022 . Royal College of Nursing.
  2. Web site: How one nurse helped stop killer bedsores . Elliott . Jane . 21 March 2009 . BBC News . 21 March 2009.
  3. News: Doreen Norton: Pioneer in geriatric nursing . Dopson . Laurence . 15 February 2008 . . 21 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019044038/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/doreen-norton-pioneer-in-geriatric-nursing-782520.html . 19 October 2010.

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