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A systems approach in nursing administration: structure, process, and outcome.

Imogene M King1

  • 1imkn@earthlink.net

Nursing Administration Quarterly
|May 2, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This article introduces a systems approach for healthcare administrators to enhance organizational structure, process, and outcomes. It highlights how systems thinking and King

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Administration
  • Nursing Systems Theory

Background:

  • Healthcare organizations face complexity in structure, process, and outcomes.
  • Systems thinking offers a framework to manage this complexity.
  • Nursing practice requires organized data, information, and knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a systems approach for healthcare administrators.
  • To demonstrate how systems can unify and structure nursing practice.
  • To illustrate the use of King's conceptual system and Theory of Goal Attainment.

Main Methods:

  • Adoption of a systems approach for organizational review.
  • Application of King's conceptual system, Theory of Goal Attainment, and transaction process.
  • Utilizing information and knowledge to structure nursing practice.

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Main Results:

  • Systems facilitate access to data, information, and knowledge.
  • Structured nursing practice through systems approach.
  • Transaction process aids in goal and outcome identification.

Conclusions:

  • A systems approach enhances healthcare organization review.
  • King's Theory of Goal Attainment and transaction process improve nursing practice.
  • Effective nursing care, evidence-based practice, and cost-effectiveness are outcomes of this approach.