Title:Alumna, professor wins award for nursing textbook

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) selected Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Care by Carol Taylor (G’97) and colleagues as a winner of a 2023 Book of the Year Award, garnering third place in the medical/surgical division. The AJN describes the winning books as “the most valuable texts of 2023.”

“This book excels in its commitment to person-centered care, emphasizing the holistic approach that is fundamental to nursing practice,” wrote reviewers.

“What a legacy,” said School of Nursing Dean Roberta Waite of the book, now in its 10th edition. Taylor, the primary author on all editions, commented that she wrote the first half of the first edition about 40 years ago with a pencil on a yellow legal notepad.

In addition to her work as a professor at the School of Medicine and School of Nursing, Taylor is a senior clinical scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. She directs an innovative ethics curriculum grounded in a rich notion of moral agency for advanced practice student nurses and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students.