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The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care - ✔✔a conceptual framework
describing a patient-nurse relationship that acknowledges the primary
importance of nursing care based on the needs of patients and their
families.
3 AACN Synergy Model Components - ✔✔Patient Characteristics (8)
Nurse Competencies (8)
Outcomes of Synergy
Three Outcomes of Synergy - ✔✔Patient outcomes, Nurse outcomes,
System outcomes
Patient outcomes - ✔✔functional changes, behavioral changes, trust,
comfort, quality of life, satisfaction
Nurse-derived outcomes - ✔✔physiological changes, complications, goal
achievements
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System-derived outcomes - ✔✔readmissions, cost effectiveness, resource
utilization
Assumptions of Synergy Model - ✔✔Patient has biological, social, &
spiritual entities. Look at holistically. Nurse has interrelated dimensions with
goal restore patient to optimal level of wellness as defined by patient
Eight Patient Characteristics - ✔✔Resiliency, Vulnerability, Stability,
Complexity, Predictability, Resource Availability, Participation in Decision
Making, Participation in Care
Resiliency - ✔✔The patient's ability to bounce back from an illness or
injury. This is based on age, overall health, and comorbid (or simultaneous)
medical conditions
Vulnerability - ✔✔Susceptibility to actual and potential stressors that can
endanger patient outcomes. This ranges from medically fragile to fully
recovering
Stability - ✔✔Ability to maintain steady equilibrium, ranging from a high risk
of death to a low risk of death.
Complexity - ✔✔Intricate entanglement of psychological and emotional
states, including family relations and environmental factors. This ranges