title: Nursing entrepreneurship in an era of chaos and complexity.
abstract: To adapt to a workplace characterized by chaos and complexity, individual nurses and the profession as a whole must position themselves in a more entrepreneurial stance. We describe the forces in the health care environment that present opportunities for nursing entrepreneurship. Skills and personality traits that promote entrepreneurship are discussed with suggestions for positioning the nursing profession and individual nurses as proactive innovators to satisfy the needs of the new health care marketplace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Administration, Medical College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Begun
mesh_terms: D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010551:Personality; D011361:Professional Competence