title: Nursing models in a special hospital: cybernetics, hyperreality and beyond.
abstract: Two emerging themes that resulted from research carried out in a special hospital on the use of nursing models are identified. The first theme to emerge was the tendency of the subjects to perceive the models as concrete entities thus undergoing a process of reification. The second theme identified was the adherence to the models outside the contextual nature of the setting which limited their effectiveness. A theoretical framework in which to locate the results of the study is explored using cybernetic learning theory and the notion of hyperreality, using the works of Jean Baudrillard. A method for innovation and changing practice in the special hospital setting is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Ashworth Hospital, Maghull, Merseyside, England.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandley
mesh_terms: D003491:Cybernetics; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research