A nurse is not a nurse…
… , a nursing unit is not a nursing unit, and an IV pump is not an IV pump. Last Wednesday, I used this quote in my presentation at the RSD15 conference (Relating Systems Thinking…
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Not one duckling
Every year, we ask our minor students to build a LEGO duckling. It’s a well-known exercise from LEGO Serious Play, designed to showcase the different interpretations and visualisations of a duck. We emphasise the importance…
Eureka, I am a systems thinker!
The connections just appeared to me and how everything was related. Eureka, everything made sense. I found the answer on the question why nurses won’t get what they need. I tried to explain it the…
‘This nurse is working properly’
Yesterday my computer decided not to charge the battery. A message: “not charging”. It stayed at 22% when plugged in. I checked the power cable. Everything connected perfectly. So why? I had been on vacation…
Nurseproof
I read an article about an incident at a hospital where it said: ‘ through inattentiveness by nurses …’ they were able to connect the wrong valve. Even thought there were ‘clear identifiable differences’. They…