Stop the waves or learn to surf? - Adopting a complexity perspective as a nurse educator

Abstract

I am fascinated by how the world is constantly projecting itself, emerging, through change. The world spontaneously surprises us with the most unexpected phenomena and forces us to adapt. Unexpected events are not restricted to the large scale; we also see them in everyday life. All these unexpected outcomes are caused by sensitive dependence on initial conditions. The British philosopher, Henri Bergson, description of the world, as flowing, appeals to me: "It means that movement, change, becoming, is everything that there is. There is nothing else; everything is movement, is change" (Carr, 1911, pp. 28-29).