The article by Kaplow and Reed (2008) describes the unique model of patient care that may be implemented. The name of this model is Synergy; it includes eight patient characteristics that nurses are to take into account, and also contains eight competencies, which nursing staff should realize in their practice. Specialists call this model perfect because of its rather good organization and the possibility to be applied in various ways. Moreover, such phenomenon as the Forces of Magnetism, which is also discussed in the article, proves that the Synergy model consists of perfect elements suitable for quality nursing care.
While considering this system as the primary strategy of treating, it can be noted that it works quite successfully. Furthermore, as Tsai et al. (2016) claim, any improvement in the area of health care will inevitably lead to big financial costs. Nevertheless, the Synergy model does not require a lot of money for its implementation as its basis is exclusively professional skills of nurses, rather than expensive medical equipment. Thus, the realization of the model will not damage the economy and, at the same time, will positively affect nurses’ work efficiency.
It is worth noting that the merits of this model have already been appreciated not only by nurses themselves but also by their managers, who use the program for different purposes. With its help, senior medical personnel calculate performance indicators, draw up schedules and plans, and develop treatment courses. The stability of the model and its main advantages are also presented in the article by Kaplow and Reed (2008). Thus, the introduction of the Synergy model into the sphere of nursing has predominantly positive reviews and is considered to be a reasonable and rather a favorable decision.
References
Kaplow, R., & Reed, K. D. (2008). The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care: A nursing model as a force of magnetism. Nursing Economics, 26(1), 17-25.
Tsai, T. C., Greaves, F., Zheng, J., Orav, E. J., Zinner, M. J., & Jha, A. K. (2016). Better patient care at high-quality hospitals may save medicare money and bolster episode-based payment models. Health Affairs, 35(9), 1681-1689.