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AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
Exam Questions with Complete
Solutions
Synergy Model - ✔✔Definition: An evolving phenomenon when individuals
work together to achieve common goal
Goal: Nursing practice is based on patient needs
Purpose: Model puts patient at center of nursing practice; clearly states
what we do for patients and links nurses to and defines their role within the
context of the patient and patient outcomes
**SYNERGY results when patient's needs/characteristics are matched with
nursing competencies**
Patient Characteristics - ✔✔Encourages nurses to view patients holistically.
Each patient/family brings a unique set of characteristics- capacity for
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health and vulnerability to illness . - display varying levels of following
depending on where they are on the healthcare continuum.
Mnemonic:
See Very Clearly Reason Required (to) Put Patient Primary
Stability
Vulnerability
Complexity
Resource Availability
Resiliency
Predictability
Participation in Care
Participation in Decision Making
Stability - ✔✔Ability to maintain a steady state equilibrium
Vulnerability - ✔✔Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may
affect patient outcomes
Complexity - ✔✔Intricate entanglement of 2+ systems (i.e. body, family,
therapies)
AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
Exam Questions with Complete
Solutions
Synergy Model - ✔✔Definition: An evolving phenomenon when individuals
work together to achieve common goal
Goal: Nursing practice is based on patient needs
Purpose: Model puts patient at center of nursing practice; clearly states
what we do for patients and links nurses to and defines their role within the
context of the patient and patient outcomes
**SYNERGY results when patient's needs/characteristics are matched with
nursing competencies**
Patient Characteristics - ✔✔Encourages nurses to view patients holistically.
Each patient/family brings a unique set of characteristics- capacity for
, ©NINJANERD 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
health and vulnerability to illness . - display varying levels of following
depending on where they are on the healthcare continuum.
Mnemonic:
See Very Clearly Reason Required (to) Put Patient Primary
Stability
Vulnerability
Complexity
Resource Availability
Resiliency
Predictability
Participation in Care
Participation in Decision Making
Stability - ✔✔Ability to maintain a steady state equilibrium
Vulnerability - ✔✔Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may
affect patient outcomes
Complexity - ✔✔Intricate entanglement of 2+ systems (i.e. body, family,
therapies)
