NURSING IN THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM OF THE POSTMODERN WORLD - CROSSROADS, PARADOXES AND COMPLEXITY

Entering the postmodern world in which society is confronting crossroa ds, paradoxes, and complexity, the health care system is encountering a transformation more comprehensive and revolutionary than has ever be en seen before. Analysis of the state of nursing vis a vis these trans formations indicates that the current paradigm does not ensure the exi stence of the profession in the postmodern health care system. That is because of increased difficulties in consolidating the economic and q uality issues into the core of nursing, and in understanding the compl exity inherent in health related situations.