Pat Ashworth
British intensive care sister (1930–2023)
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Pat Ashworth SRN, SCM, FRCN, FFNRCSI (1930 – 26 January 2023) was a British nursing sister who specialised in intensive care.
Pat Ashworth | |
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| Born | 1930 |
| Died | 26 January 2023 (aged 92–93) Portstewart, Northern Ireland |
Ashworth was born in Maidstone, with her family moving to Hastings before she was evacuated during World War II due to bombing.[1] She started nursing at the age of 17 in Maidstone, qualified at Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural Hospital, Guy's Hospital, Jessop Hospital and Nether Edge Hospital.[2][3]
Ashworth worked in a number of nursing roles until 1973, then a Department of Health and Social Security fellowship until 1976, followed by a joint clinical/academic post at Manchester Royal Infirmary and the University of Manchester until 1979.[2]
Ashworth was Manchester's research programme manager at their WHO collaborating centre for nursing from 1979 to 1985; then a senior lecturer in nursing at the University of Ulster from 1985 to 1990.[2]
Ashworth served as founding editor of the journal Intensive Care Nursing (later Intensive and Critical Care Nursing) from 1985 to 2000.[2][4]
In 1979 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing.[5]
Ashworth died in Portstewart, Northern Ireland on 26 January 2023.[6]
