title: Creativity on the edge of chaos.
abstract: The health care environment is chaotic, with many threats and problems. Despite nursing's resulting discomfort, being able to see the opportunities and the potential within such complexity is freeing. The author illustrates the use of creative thinking in formulating deliberate responses to the unpredictability of chaos. With such innovative actions, the essential nature of professional nursing can be reaffirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Radiologic Science, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 81502-2647, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forrest
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation