Doreen Norton,
OBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
FRCN (1 May 1922, in
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
,
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.
Norton was regarded as instrumental in changing nursing practices to effectively treat
pressure ulcers, a major killer of hospital inpatients.
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1922 births
2007 deaths
English nurses
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People from Dartford
People from Worthing
Fellows of the Royal College of Nursing
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British nurses