TY - JOUR
T1 - Complexity and change in nurse workflows
AU - Vardaman, James M.
AU - Cornell, Paul T.
AU - Clancy, Thomas R.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the 20th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, the authors discuss how nurse workflow is characteristic of complex adaptive systems and the need for caution when selecting a performance improvement method.
AB - As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on management in social organizations such as hospitals. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. This is the 20th in a series of articles applying complex systems science to the traditional management concepts of planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. In this article, the authors discuss how nurse workflow is characteristic of complex adaptive systems and the need for caution when selecting a performance improvement method.
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U2 - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3182433677
DO - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3182433677
M3 - Article
C2 - 25734929
AN - SCOPUS:84856854048
SN - 0002-0443
VL - 42
SP - 78
EP - 82
JO - Journal of Nursing Administration
JF - Journal of Nursing Administration
IS - 2
ER -