[Margaret Pilkington]

My hero......no heroine, isn't famous......she isn't rich, but she had great impact on my life.
My hero was a staff nurse on my first surgical ward.
Staff Nurse Dignan. She was everything that I wanted to be. She was kind, she showed compassion, she was always calm whatever the situation......she was knowledgable and I so wanted to be like her.
She was what I aspired to in my nursing career. My role model.

I don't think I ever got to her standard, she remained my beacon throughout my time as a nurse.

I have never been one for hero worship.....but that was the closest I have come.