On The Edge: Nursing In The Age Of Complexity by Claire Lindberg, Sue Nash, Curt Lindberg
This book presents the first comprehensive examination of issues important to nursing from the perspective of Complexity Science. In this groundbreaking volume, scholars and nurse leaders explore key Complexity Science principles and the profound implications they hold for clinical practice, leadership, nursing theory development, research, policy making, and understanding human physiology. Nursing students, practicing nurses, nurse educators, leaders, researchers, and other healthcare professionals will find great value in the fresh insights Complexity Science brings to challenges facing nursing today. Click to order
Complexity Science Basics: A (Very) Brief Introduction (pdf) by Claire Lindberg
Presentation by Claire Lindberg at the On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity conference, July 2009. Basic definitions and properties of complex adaptive systems covered along with introduction to Stacey’s theory of complex responsive processes of relating.
Pathways to Prevention (pdf) by Prucia Buscell
Social network mapping at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and at Billings Clinic, in Billings, Montana, offers some visual and theoretical clues to how certain patterns of connectivity emerge when people in many units of a healthcare organization work together successfully to combat the spread of infection.
