[Synergetic hospital organization--a chance for nursing]

In their work as counselors in the field of organisational psychology and staff development, the authors are constantly in search of ideas which are relevant to hospital work. They became aware of the concept of 'Fraktal factory', arising from reports of peoples' experiences. The concept refers to the synergistic organisation of decentralised, interdisciplinary, selfregulating units- 'Fraktale'. They found the concept convincing, it seems to represent an important principle for hospitals. It is a holistic concept. The concept should be adapted to nursing and introduced into the hospital. Because the concept is worth exploring and promising, since it is patient-centered and focuses on nursing, the authors hope that this paper will arouse curiosity among readers. They offer the concept for discussion and hope to encourage venturing into new territory. They hope it will stimulate experiments of adaptation and transplantation.