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Goal of nursing - Answers✔to restore a patient to an optimal level of wellness as defined by the
patient. Death can be an acceptable outcome, in which the goal of nursing care is to move a
patient toward a peaceful death.
Synergy model of care - Answers✔An organizational model that matches patients' needs to
nurses' competencies.
Synergy model believes that - Answers✔Mind/body/spirit, all patient characterisitics are
interconnected. Like Neumann systems
What antihypertensive drugs do not work well for African Americans? - Answers✔Ace
inhibitors
Resiliancy - Answers✔The capacity to return to a restorative level of functioning using
compensatory/coping mechanisms; the ability to bounce back quickly after an insult.
Vulnerability - Answers✔Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may adversely affect
patient outcomes.
Stability - Answers✔The ability to maintain steady-state equilibrium
Complexity - Answers✔The intricate entanglement of two or more systems (e.g., body, family,
therapies).
Resource availability - Answers✔Extent of resources (e.g., technical, fiscal, personal,
psychological, and social) the patient/family/community bring to the situation
Participation in care - Answers✔Extent to which patient/family engages in aspects of care
Participation in decision making - Answers✔Extent to which patient/family engages in decision-
making
Predictability - Answers✔A characteristic that allows one to expect a certain course of events or
course of illness.
Patient characteristics per AACN - Answers✔Vulnerability, stability, resiliency, complexity,
resource availability, participation in care, participation in decision making, predictability