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The Application of Nonlinear Dynamics in Nursing Research

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In this article, the authors present an overview of the applications of chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics to problems of relevance not only to nurses, but to anyone dealing with human functioning and interaction. These applications have been in the areas of epidemiology, nursing management and physiological functioning. In some cases, the applications were successful in identifying information that would have been overlooked using traditional methods. In other cases, the problems of data collection and analysis, unique to nonlinear dynamics, are still being developed and tested.

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  1. Professor/Director of Research, College of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX

    Patti Hamilton & De Ann F. Mitchell

  2. San Antonio Community Hospital, San Antonio, TX

    Jane Englebright Pollock

  3. Department of Nursing, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

    Angela E. Vicenzi

  4. Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

    Bruce J. West

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Hamilton, P., Pollock, J.E., Mitchell, D.A.F. et al. The Application of Nonlinear Dynamics in Nursing Research. Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci 1, 237–261 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021831811907

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  • chaos
  • nonlinear dynamics
  • epidemiology
  • nursing
  • management
  • physiology