Nursing Regulation In An Open System Approach

According to Benton, Gonzalez-Jurado, Beneit-Montesinos, and Fernandez (2013), an open system interacts with the current environment. A possible problem that may arise using the open system is due to the changing environment over a period. In a study to explore the nursing regulation in an open system approach, Benton et al. (2013) listed several issues that could cause problems. One issue is the unstable workforce within the nursing field. Benton et al. report of a shortage of nurses which causes the government to step in and design programs to encourage people to become nurses. Information and communication technology is another element that presents a problem within the open system approach. Benton et al. report that nurses have misused
information and communication technology such as Facebook and Twitter to share patients’ information and become friends with patients. Even with these potential issues, an open system is good to use in an organization because of the resources the organization brings together to produce a good (Daft, 2015). In the computer world, open source approach is better than close source because program coder that do not work for the organization have the opportunity to add source code to the program to add a function the current version did not have. For example, when a person purchases the Windows software they are stuck with how the program is made. However, in operating systems such a Linux, a programmer can code functions in the software that was not present when the software was purchased (Santos & Bernardino, 2014).