title: Adapting nurse competence to future patient needs using Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  New emerging technologies, health globalization, demographic change, new healthcare paradigms, advances in healthcare delivery and social networking will change the needs of patients in the future and consequently will require that new knowledge, competence and skill sets be acquired by nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology, focusing on the enriched CATWOE and PQR elements of the root definitions, combined with our own developed "Too much - Too little constraint" approach was used to devise impending knowledge, competence and skill sets.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis revealed ten needs among patients of the future, 63 constraints and 18 knowledge, competence and skill sets for the future nurse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The completed study showed that SSM is an appropriate tool for high level structuring of a "messy" real-world problem situation to meet prospective nursing challenges.
authors.affiliation: University College of Health Sciences Slovenj Gradec, Glavni trg 1, 2380 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia. Electronic address: dekanica@vszv-sg.si.
authors.forename: Danica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Železnik
authors.affiliation: University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: peter.kokol@um.si.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kokol
authors.affiliation: University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Center for International Cooperation, Žitna ulica 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: helena.blazun@um.si.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blažun Vošner
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005544:Forecasting; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role
keywords: Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology; Nurse competence in the future; Nursing education; Patient of the future