Kent State Tuscarawas professor edits award-winning nursing book

Kent State University at Tuscarawas nursing professor Dr. Mariann Harding served on the editing team of the 10th edition of the award-winning book, "Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems."

Harding wrote four chapters for the book including Professional Nursing Practice and Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Imbalance. She also was section editor for 10 chapters. The book was recently named a 2017 Book of the Year winner by the American Journal of Nursing. AJN, a leading voice of nursing since 1900, honors exceptional texts for advancing health-care quality.

“This award represents the commitment of a great team to educating the next generation of nurses. Every sentence we wrote, every decision we made about what to include in the book, was made with the goal of giving nursing students the information they need to enter practice,” Harding said.

The book is known for its accurate and up-to-date coverage of the latest trends, hot topics and clinical developments in the field of medical-surgical nursing. Practices described in the book are considered the standard of care common to the nursing profession by which the quality of nursing practice is judged. Entering its 11th edition, "Medical-Surgical Nursing" is one of the best-selling nursing books worldwide and has been adapted and translated for several countries.

In 2016, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, named Harding the lead editor of "Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems"for the 11th edition.