The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care - ANSWER is a conceptual
framework that describes a patient-nurse interaction and emphasizes the
importance of nursing care in meeting the needs of patients and their families.
3 AACN Synergy Model Components: ANSWER Patient Characteristics (8)
Nurse Competencies: (8)
Results of Synergy
Synergy has three outcomes: patient outcomes, nurse outcomes, and system
results.
Patient outcomes include functional and behavioural changes, trust, comfort,
quality of life, and happiness.
Nurse-derived outcomes include physiological changes, complications, and goal
achievement.
System-derived outcomes include readmissions, cost-effectiveness, and
resource use.
Assumptions of Synergy Model - Answer The patient has bodily, social, and
spiritual entities. Consider the big picture. Nurses have interrelated dimensions
with the purpose of restoring patients to their optimal degree of wellbeing as
defined by the patient.
framework that describes a patient-nurse interaction and emphasizes the
importance of nursing care in meeting the needs of patients and their families.
3 AACN Synergy Model Components: ANSWER Patient Characteristics (8)
Nurse Competencies: (8)
Results of Synergy
Synergy has three outcomes: patient outcomes, nurse outcomes, and system
results.
Patient outcomes include functional and behavioural changes, trust, comfort,
quality of life, and happiness.
Nurse-derived outcomes include physiological changes, complications, and goal
achievement.
System-derived outcomes include readmissions, cost-effectiveness, and
resource use.
Assumptions of Synergy Model - Answer The patient has bodily, social, and
spiritual entities. Consider the big picture. Nurses have interrelated dimensions
with the purpose of restoring patients to their optimal degree of wellbeing as
defined by the patient.
