The core concept of the synergy model for patient care is based on the nurse-patient relationship and acknowledges:
a. frontline charge nurses make informed patient care assignment decisions.
b. organizing and delivering nursing care achieves desired patient outcomes.
c. the needs or characteristics of the patients and families drive the competencies of the nurse.
d. the clinical nurse leader champions inno-vations that improve patient outcomes, ensures quality care, and reduces health care costs.
C
The synergy model for patient care is presented by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (Hardin & Kaplow, 2005). The core concept of the model is based on the nurse-patient relationship and acknowledges that the needs or characteristics of the patients and families drive the competencies of the nurse. Synergy, or optimum outcomes, results when the needs and cha-racteristics of the patient clinical unit, or system, are matched with a nurse's competencies (Kaplow & Reed, 2008).
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