A Model of Nursing as a Complex Adaptive System

Authors

  • Mariana Vieira Author Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Patrícia Klock Author Bolsista do CNPq
  • Roberta Costa Author Grupo de Estudos da História e Conhecimento em Enfermagem
  • Alacoque Lorenzini-Erdmann Author Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

Organization and management, health, nursing models. (Source, DeCs, BIREME).

Abstract

The emergence and use of complex adaptive systems remedied the need for a new alternative by resorting to existing paradigms. Both the health care system and nursing can be regarded as complex adaptive systems by applying a visual model that should be explored to empower the complexity of the science of nursing and health care. Viewed from this perspective, a nurse is a complex adaptive system, one that is dynamic and interacts, but is also an agent of a complex adaptive system in a nursing unit, which in turn is a complex adaptive system in a health organization. Today, nursing professionals seek to be current in terms of training and skilled in a variety of special fields, ranging from neonatal nursing to geriatric care, in order to do their job and to envision a working environment from the perspective of a complex system. Consequently, through complex systems based on shared knowledge among various professional and teamwork, organization of the health-care system is able to enjoy the support of the client-user-professional chain.

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Author Biographies

Mariana Vieira, Federal de Santa Catarina

Mestre em Enfermagem pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. nanyufsc@ibest.com.br

Patrícia Klock, Bolsista do CNPq

Mestranda. Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Administração em Enfermagem e Saúde (GEPADES). Bolsista do CNPq. patynurse@hotmail.com

Roberta Costa, Grupo de Estudos da História e Conhecimento em Enfermagem

Doutoranda. Membro do Grupo de Estudos da História e Conhecimento em Enfermagem (GEHCE). robertanfr@hotmail.com

Alacoque Lorenzini-Erdmann, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutora em Filosofia da Enfermagem. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. alacoque@newsite.com.br

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Published

2010-01-25

How to Cite

Vieira, M., Klock, P., Costa, R., & Lorenzini-Erdmann, A. (2010). A Model of Nursing as a Complex Adaptive System. Aquichan, 9(3). Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/1520

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Articles

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