title: Special commemorative service for pioneer in nursing research.
abstract: A special memorial service was held last week to commemorate the life of leading nurse researcher, Pam Hawthorn who died earlier this month from multiple sclerosis. One of the first nurses to earn a PhD, Ms Hawthorn was noted for her research in the areas of strokes, pressure sores and education. She is credited as being among the leading campaigners to put nursing research on the map in the 1970s and was active in the Royal College of Nursing's research society. She retired from her post as Director of Nursing Studies at the University of Nottingham in the mid-Eighties when she was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. Tom Keighley, former RCN research adviser, now Regional Nursing Officer for Yorkshire, described her as a pathfinder'.