title: The meaning of care management attributed by nursing faculty members from the viewpoint of complex thinking.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the meaning of care management attributed by faculty members of a nursing course from the viewpoint of complex thinking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative and comprehensive research with case studies, and individual interviews with 17 faculty members of a nursing course of a public university in southern Brazil. The data were subjected to comprehensive analysis based on the principle of complex thinking of Edgar Morin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two categories emerged: "classical fragmentation versus the contemporary whole" and "teaching care management and the nursing work process", whereby it was observed that despite the integrating proposal of the curriculum, care management is viewed as fragmented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Care management must be redefined if it is expected to serve as an aggregator in education. It is necessary to create strategies that enable moments of reflection on the subject, and for education to provoke changes in the work process of nurses.
authors: Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
authors: Thayane Roberto Simões de
authors: TR
authors: Lucca
authors: Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
authors: Marli Terezinha Oliveira
authors: MT
authors: Vannuchi
authors: Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
authors: Mara Lúcia
authors: ML
authors: Garanhani
authors: Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
authors: Brígida Gimenez
authors: BG
authors: Carvalho
authors: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors: Paloma de Souza Cavalcante
authors: Pde S
authors: Pissinati
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care; D013850:Thinking