title: A model of nursing as a complex adaptive system.
authors.affiliation: Doctoral Program, School of Nursing at University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA. mwchaffee@aol.com
authors.forename: Mary W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Chaffee
authors.forename: Margaret M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McNeill
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006694:Holistic Health; D006706:Homeostasis; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013598:Systems Theory; D013850:Thinking