Nursing, Caring, and Complexity

by Davidson, Alice Ware, R.N., Ph.D.; Ray, Marilyn A., R.N., Ph.D.; Turkel, Marian C., Ph.d.

• ISBN13: 9780826125873
• ISBN10: 0826125875
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-28
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

This book explores nursing and complexity science, and investigates how they relate in research, education, and practice. The book examines the best methods for using complex systems, and the contributing authors are experts drawn from nursing, sociology, informatics, and mathematics. Each is actively involved in applying complexity science to diverse populations in various settings (especially, in terms of nursing, chronic care, health care organizations, and community health networks). Each chapter includes a response written by a nursing scholar, administrator, or practitioner, focusing on chapter concepts relevant to the complex systems seen in nursing. The book includes models that relate how these concepts can be used in practice, management, education, and research-from micro to macro scales. The first of its kind, this book demonstrates the potential of complex systems perspectives to understand and improve nursing and health care research, education, and practice.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xv
Foreword	p. xix
Reflection	p. xxi
Prologue	p. xxiii
Acknowledgments	p. xxxix
Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives Related to Complexity Science in Nursing	p. 1
Respondent
Respondent
Complex Caring Dynamics: A Unifying Model of Nursing Inquiry	p. 31
Respondent
Respondent
Theoretical Issues and Methods for Increasing Understanding of Complex Health Care Systems	p. 61
Respondent
Relational Caring Complexity: The Study of Caring and Complexity in Health Care Hospital Organizations	p. 95
Respondent
Why Six Sigma Health Care Is Oxymoronic in Hospitals	p. 125
Respondent
Entropy as Information Content in Medical Research	p. 143
Respondent
Caring Science and Complexity Science Guiding the Practice of Hospital and Nursing Administrative Practice	p. 169
Respondent
Leadership in Complex Nursing and Health Care Systems	p. 199
Respondent
Mathematical Models of the Dynamics of Social Conflict	p. 215
Respondent
Respondent
Modeling the Complexity of Story Theory for Nursing Practice	p. 241
Respondent
Providing Nursing Care in a Complex Health Care Environment	p. 253
Respondent
The Complexity of Diabetes and the Caring Role of the Nurse Practitioner	p. 267
Respondent
Lessons in Complexity Science: Preparing Student Nurses for Practice in Complex Health Care Systems	p. 285
Respondent
Technological Change in Health Care Electronic Documentation as Facilitated Through the Science of Complexity	p. 309
Respondent
Implementing Change in Nursing Informatics Practice	p. 325
Respondent
Human Rights and Humanoid Relationships in Nursing and Complexity Science	p. 345
Respondent
Epilogue: Emerging Ideas/Questions for the Future of Nurse Caring and Health Care in a Complex World	p. 365
Addendum	p. 371
Competency Literacy Bingo
Caring and Complexity Sciences: Application to Nursing Education, Leadership, Practice, and Research
Index	p. 381
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