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AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Synergy Model Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 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 Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Encourages nurses to view patients holistically. Each
patient/family brings a unique set of characteristics- capacity for health and vulnerability to illness .
- display varying levels of following depending on where they are on the healthcare continuum.
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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 Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ability to maintain a steady state equilibrium
Vulnerability Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may affect patient
outcomes
Complexity Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Intricate entanglement of 2+ systems (i.e. body, family, therapies)
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AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Synergy Model Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ 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 Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Encourages nurses to view patients holistically. Each
patient/family brings a unique set of characteristics- capacity for health and vulnerability to illness .
- display varying levels of following depending on where they are on the healthcare continuum.
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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 Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ability to maintain a steady state equilibrium
Vulnerability Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may affect patient
outcomes
Complexity Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Intricate entanglement of 2+ systems (i.e. body, family, therapies)
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