Creating patient-nurse Synergy on a medical-surgical unit

Area of Science:

• Nursing Science
• Healthcare Management

Background:

• Medical-surgical nurses manage diverse and complex patient populations.
• Effective patient care relies on accurate assessments of both patient needs and nursing expertise.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the application of the Synergy Model in developing tools for nursing competency and patient acuity assessment.
• To evaluate the utility of data generated from these tools for daily staffing assignments.

Main Methods:

• Development of assessment tools based on the Synergy Model framework.
• Utilizing collected data for real-time staffing decisions in medical-surgical units.

Main Results:

• The Synergy Model facilitated the creation of instruments to measure nursing competency and patient acuity.
• Data derived from these tools proved valuable for informing daily staffing assignments.

Conclusions:

• The Synergy Model provides a robust framework for developing essential nursing assessment tools.
• Data-informed staffing, guided by the Synergy Model, is associated with positive patient outcomes.