Nurse Leader
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 52-55 , October 2008

Applying a Systems Thinking Model for Effective Staffing

  • Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA, is chief nursing officer at Concerro, Inc., in San Diego, Calif.
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  • Karlene Kerfoot, RN, PhD, CNAA, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Karlene Kerfoot, RN, PhD, CNAA, FAAN, is vice president and chief clinical officier at Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Wis.

References 

  1. Holden LP . Complex adaptive systems: concept analysis . J Adv Nurs . 2005;52:651–657
  2. Senge P , Kleiner A , Roberts C , Ross R , Smith B . The fifth discipline fieldbook: strategies and tools for building a learning organization . New York: Currency-Doubleday; 1994;
  3. Benner P . In: From novice to expert: excellence and power in clinical nursing practice . Menlo Park, NJ: Addison-Wesley; 1984;p. 13–34

PII: S1541-4612(07)00200-5

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2007.08.002

Nurse Leader
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 52-55 , October 2008

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