Dorothy MacBride Radwanski

Infobox person name = Dorothy MacBride Radwanski honorific_suffix = FRCN birth_name = Dorothy MacBride Warnock

Nursing career In 1952, Radwanski trained as a nurse at the School of Nursing at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. In 1962, she qualified as a midwife at the Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow. After gaining some experience of nursing she studied for and obtained the Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing of the Royal College of Nursing. Radwanski was a pioneer in the training of occupational health nurses. Radwanski was Principal Nursing Officer of the Central Middlesex Hospital Occupational health service from 1957 to 1962. This was for the benefit of industries in the locality.

Radwanski was the first occupational health nurse to be attached to a major hospital in the United Kingdom and she was an advocate for the establishment of Occupational Health Service for hospital staff. Radwanski became the Nursing Advisor to HJ Heinz Northern Factories, British Leyland, and then the Nursing Superintendent pioneering the introduction of the Central Middlesex Industrial Health Service.

In 1969, Radwanski was appointed Lecturer in the University of Dundee and developed the Royal College of Nursing Occupational Health Certificate (OHNC) course there. Radwanski carried out a study of occupational health nursing in Scotland and was involved in a survey of health care provisions for the staff of health boards.

Radwanski became the first Chief Nursing Advisor (1974 to 1983) to the newly formed Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) (later known as the Health and Safety Executive). As Chief Nursing Advisor Radwanski advised the medical director on all nursing aspects and was actively involved in policy formation for the service. She was called upon for advice by Government departments and other national and international bodies.

Radwanski advised on the development of occupational health nursing services and the education of occupational health nurses in Nigeria.

Radwanski spoke at various conferences including the XVII/International Congress on Occupational Health Brighton, England, September 14–19, 1975.

Radwanski was one of the very few occupational nurses in industry in the 1960. She was quoted In occupational health books including in "Working Lives: Work in Britain since 1945" by Arthur McIvor (2013), where she described conditions in the foundry at the North British Locomotive Works in Glasgow: "'the air was black; the men were absolutely black. I was absolutely shocked and I said to somebody 'it's like Dante's inferno'".

Personal life In 1960, she married Jozef Radwanski (d. 1999), a decorated Polish pilot who transferred to the RAF during the World War II. In 1981 Radwanski was awarded the Order of St John. In 2013 the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (UK) dedicated the book Contemporary Occupational Health Nursing to the memory to Dorothy Radwanski.