Social networks as embedded complex adaptive systems

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 352-356

  Benham Hutchins, Marge ^a   Clancy, Thomas R ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; SYSTEMS THEORY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 77956499409     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181ee42bc     Document Type: Article

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