AACN ANS✔✔ American Association of Critical Care Nurses
core concept of the AACN Synergy model ANS✔✔ the characteristics or needs of a patient and their family influence and
drive the characteristics or competencies of the nurse
How is synergy produced? ANS✔✔ when the needs and characteristics of a patient, clinical unit, or system match the
competencies of the nurse
Patient Characteristics ANS✔✔ resiliency, vulnerability, stability, complexity, resource availability, participation in care,
participation in decision-making, and predictability
Resiliency ANS✔✔ the capacity to return to a restorative level of functioning using compensatory/coping mechanisms;
the ability to bounce back quickly after an insult
Vulnerability ANS✔✔ Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may adversely affect patient outcomes.
Stability ANS✔✔ the ability to main steady-state equilibrium
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