"Synergy for Clinical Excellence: The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care enhances the understanding of the Synergy Model and provides nurses with the clinical knowledge they need to apply this model in practice. Based on a decade of work by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the text encompasses the history and development of the nurse and patient characteristics inherent in the Synergy Model, and then thoroughly addresses each characteristic individually and applies the model in practice. Sample test questions relevant to the model will assist nurses in preparing for certification, and provide further example of the integration of the Synergy Model in practice"--Jacket

Introduction to the synergy model / Sonya R. Hardin -- Resiliency; Vulnerability; Stability ; Complexity ; Resource availability; Participation in care ; Participation in decision making ; Predictability / Roberta Kaplow -- Clinical judgment / Sonya R. Hardin and Daphne Stannard -- Advocacy-moral agency / Daphne Stannard and Sonya R. Hardin -- Caring practices ; Collaboration ; Systems thinking ; Response to diversity ; Clinical inquiry ; Facilitator of learning / Sonya R. Hardin. The acutely and critically ill adult patient sample questions / Michael W. Day -- The acutely and critically ill pediatric patient sample questions / Deborah L. Bingaman and Roberta Kaplow -- The acutely and critically ill neonatal patient sample questions / Beth C. Diehl-Svrjcek -- Advanced practice sample questions : adult nurse practitioner / Darla Ura and Linda Steele -- Advanced practice sample questions : clinical nurse specialist / Roberta Kaplow -- The care of the acutely and critically ill adult patient in the progressive care unit sample questions / Marthe J. Moseley.