title: [Shedding light on chaos theory].
abstract: Gleick (1987) said that only three twentieth century scientific theories would be important enough to continue be of use in the twenty-first century: The Theory of Relativity, Quantum Theory, and Chaos Theory. Chaos Theory has become a craze which is being used to forge a new scientific system. It has also been extensively applied in a variety of professions. The purpose of this article is to introduce chaos theory and its nursing applications. Chaos is a sign of regular order. This is to say that chaos theory emphasizes the intrinsic potential for regular order within disordered phenomena. It is to be hoped that this article will inspire more nursing scientists to apply this concept to clinical, research, or administrative fields in our profession.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Chang Jung Christian University, ROC. smc710@mail.cju.edu.tw
authors.forename: Shieu-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009729:Nursing