Chaos and Complexity Science Chaos and Complexity Science Marilyn A. Ray RN PhD CTN-A Professor Emeritus, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

CURRENT HEALTH CARE NURSING ENVIRONMENT Loss of Trust Loss of Trust Disillusionment with nursing practice Disillusionment with nursing practice Organizations driven by economic survival Organizations driven by economic survival Decrease in loyalty to organizations Decrease in loyalty to organizations Ray, M., Turkel, M. & Marino, F. (2002). The transformative process for nursing in workforce redevelopment. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 26(2), 1-14.

THE NEW EVIDENCE Transcultural Caring Dynamics Spiritual - Ethical Caring Physical Social- Cultural Economic Technological Educational Political Legal © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

Economic Caring Economic Resources Economic Resources Money Money Goods Goods Services Services Interpersonal Resources (Foa, 1971) Interpersonal Resources (Foa, 1971) Love (caring) Love (caring) Status (educational preparedness) Status (educational preparedness) Information (education) Information (education) Ray, M. (1987). Health care economics and human caring: Why the moral conflict must be resolved. Family & Community Health, 10(1),

Classification System of Caring Interactive Philosophical Psychological Practical Spiritual- Ethical Caring Classification System of Caring Interactive Philosophical Psychological Practical Spiritual- Ethical Caring © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

QUANTUM PHILOSOPHY What are the limits of human knowledge? Is the physical world shaped in some sense by our perception of it? Quanta are electromagnetic radiation which comes in tiny bundles of energy Uncertainty Principle: Unfolding of quantum events-undulating waves of possibilities Knowledge of nature fundamentally limited: When we grasp one part, another part slips from our grasp. © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

QUANTUM PHILOSOPHY (CONT’D) Mystery of the wave/particle duality in physics Quantum Phenomena are neither waves nor particles but are intrinsically undefined until the moment they are measured Quantum state reflects not only what we know about the system but what is, in principle, knowable Reality is defined by the questions we put to it (Einstein and Bohr). © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

CHAOS AND THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY CHARACTERISTICS Non-Linear Dynamics: Shattered the traditional notions of causality. Non-Linear Dynamics: Shattered the traditional notions of causality. Classical Predictability Impossible: Deterministic history does not bring about predictable future Classical Predictability Impossible: Deterministic history does not bring about predictable future Randomness: No discernible regularity or repetitive pattern. Randomness: No discernible regularity or repetitive pattern. © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

CHAOS AND THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY (cont’d) Behind the apparent randomness lies great beauty and structural symmetry Behind the apparent randomness lies great beauty and structural symmetry Knower and the known are one Knower and the known are one All objectivity is subjectivity: What is known, or the answer is shaped by the observer in the action of observation (the observer’s potential knowledge changes). All objectivity is subjectivity: What is known, or the answer is shaped by the observer in the action of observation (the observer’s potential knowledge changes). Choice: The Conductor of the Symphony (Davidson & Ray, 1991). Choice: The Conductor of the Symphony (Davidson & Ray, 1991). © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

The Holographic Theory of Bureaucratic Caring Spiritual- Ethical Caring Physical Social- Cultural Legal Technological Economic Educational Political © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

TRANSCULTURAL CARING Relationship between charity and right action---compassion and justice. Relationship between charity and right action---compassion and justice. Transcultural Caring as Critical Nursing Ethics: © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

Chaos Theory in Nursing Practice Ray, M. (1994). Complex caring dynamics: A unifying model of nursing inquiry. Theoretic and Applied Chaos in Nursing, 1(1) (Referred to now as Complexity and Chaos in Nursing). Ray, M. (1994). Complex caring dynamics: A unifying model of nursing inquiry. Theoretic and Applied Chaos in Nursing, 1(1) (Referred to now as Complexity and Chaos in Nursing).

ETHICAL ECONOMIC CARING Ray, M., et al., The edge of chaos: Caring and the bottom line. Nursing Management, 26(9),

THE TIME IS NOW

Acknowledgements Florida Atlantic University, The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Boca Raton, Florida Florida Atlantic University, The Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Boca Raton, Florida Graphics Enhanced By: Graphics Enhanced By: M. Christopher Saslo PhD VA Administration, WPB, FL VA Administration, WPB, FL © Marilyn A. Ray, All Rights Reserved

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