Author(s): Stein Backes,Dirce ; Gomes,Regina Celia de Castro ; Rupolo,Irani ; Büscher,Andreas ; da Silva,Maria Júlia Pais ; Ferreira,Carla Lizandra de Lima
Date: 2022
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Nursing; Nursing Care; Nurse’s Role; Health; Leadership; Nonlinear Dynamics
ABSTRACT This study aims to perform a critical-reflective analysis of leadership in nursing and health in the light of complexity thinking. This is a theoretical-reflexive essay based on the framework of complexity thinking. A parallel is conceived between traditional Cartesian leadership, outlined from a defined linear hierarchical structure, and leadership from a systemic-complex perspective. A schematic structure is demonstrated between the pyramidal conception and systemic-complex leadership, leading to circularity, complementarity, interdependence, and interactivity. Leadership’s central role in nursing and health care is reaffirmed based on interactive, dialogic, and interdependent movements. The theoretical reflection calls for evolutionary and shared leadership in nursing and health, determined by the quality of interactions between members and different systems, in order to respond to the complexity of health phenomena quickly, effectively, and sustainably.
