title: The synergy model: the ultimate mentoring model.
abstract: Clarian Health Partners is a system that includes Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indiana University Hospital, and Riley Hospital for Children. The nurses of Clarian Health Partners are the recipients of many national awards for their leadership and innovations in critical care. Nurse leaders at Clarian have developed and implemented a unique framework for professional development based on the synergy model. In this article, the Chief Nurse Executive for the System, Dr. Karlene Kerfoot, and Marilyn Cox, the Senior Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care at Riley Hospital for Children, describe their vision of and strategies for a new approach to mentoring professional nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: Clarian Health Partners, 550 North University Boulevard, Room 1602, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5250, USA. kkerfoot@clarian.org
authors.forename: Karlene M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kerfoot
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012944:Social Support; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*