Abstract
PURPOSE: To test the feasibility of using patient acuity indicators as proxy measures for the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care patient characteristics. DESIGN AND METHODS: Secondary data analysis of a convenience sample of 481 patient ratings from adult and pediatric critical and noncritical medical surgical patients. FINDINGS: Combining dichotomous patient acuity indicators into multilevel categorical variables allowed evaluation of linear relationships between acuity and patient characteristics indicators. Of the 8 patient characteristics, only participation in care exhibited meaningful correlations with the acuity indicators. According to these findings, acuity indicators should not be substituted for the Synergy Model patient characteristics.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 351-357 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nursing administration quarterly |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acuity indicators
- Patient characteristics
- Synergy Model
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Leadership and Management