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Educare

Educare

OCTUBRE 2003 N° 1 Volumen 1

The training of the nursing professional viewed from the theory of complexity

Section: LEARNING TO TEACH

Authors

Carmen Luz Muñoz Mendoza

Position

Licenciada en Enfermería. Profesora de la Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chillan, Chile. Alumna Doctorado en Enfermería. Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante.

Contact address

Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante, Apartado de Correos 99, 03080 Alicante.

Abstract

This article presents a reflexive approximation to the training of the nursing professionals viewed from the theory of complexity, as detailed in the different works by Edgar Morin. For this author, this complexity manifests itself with the disturbing features of entanglement, disarray, ambiguity, and uncertainty. This complexity is perhaps one of the most relevant aspects that has been obviated in the nursing curriculum, wishing to give the academic training and the learning in the classroom, the certainty that is clearly lacking. Our aim is to explain, to organize, and to justify all those occurrences that take place in the classroom that supposedly make the teaching-learning process intelligible. This paper is the result of a serious, personal analysis and hence the thoughts expressed are the sole and total responsibility of the author.

Keywords:

complexity; nursingeducation

Versión en Español

Título:

La formación del profesional de Enfermería desde la Teoría de la Complejidad