Nursing 111
NUR 111 Exam 5 Study Questions and
Answers 2025
Meeting Basic Human Needs - Correct Ans-People's behaviors, feelings about self and
others, values, and priorities all relate to physiologic and psychosocial needs.
These basic human needs are common to all people; meeting these needs is essential
for the health and survival of all people.
A person can meet some needs independently, but most needs require relationships
and interactions with others for partial or complete fulfillment.
Satisfying one's needs often depends on the physical and social environment,
especially one's family and community.
Also include the family in this holistic care for the patients basic needs
Characteristics of Basic Needs/ Maslow - Correct Ans-Is a basic need if:
Their lack of fulfillment results in illness.
Their fulfillment helps prevent illness or signals health.
Meeting basic needs restores health.
Fulfillment of basic needs takes priority over other satisfactions when unmet.
A person feels something is missing when a need is unmet.
A person feels satisfaction when a need is met.
When basic needs are not met then the patient is not at the highest level of health and
may result in illness
Physiologic Needs - Correct Ans-Oxygen: most essential
Water
Food
Elimination
Temperature
Sexuality
Physical activity
Rest
Most older children and adults can meet these on their own
It is the very young and very old that need help to meet these needs
Safety and Security Needs - Correct Ans-Second in priority
Have both physical and emotional components
Physical:
Patient safety (ex. Hand hygiene, correct medication administration with correct
knowledge)
Emotional:
Educate them about what is going on
Being protected from potential or actual harm
Examples of interventions to meet these needs:
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Using proper hand hygiene to prevent infection
Using electrical equipment properly
Administering medications knowledgeably
Love and Belonging Needs - Correct Ans-Third priority needs, often called higher-level
needs
Understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love
The feeling of belonging to groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and
a community.
May become very critical of their situation or needing of you if these needs are not met
Unmet needs produce loneliness and isolation
Example of interventions to meet these needs:
Including family and friends in care of a patient
Establishing a trusting nurse-patient relationship
Listen to your patient
Respect their privacy
When the patient leaves the hospital you can refer them to a support group
Self-Esteem Needs - Correct Ans-Need for a person to feel good about oneself, to feel
pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others also respect and
appreciate those accomplishments
Positive self-esteem facilitates the person's confidence and independence.
Factors affecting self-esteem:
Role changes
Can be a death or an illness
Ex. Mom is sick so dad has to take over carpool and taking care of the kids
Body image changes
Ex. Patient with an amputation or mastectomy
Respect their values and goals
Encourage patient to set attainable goals when they are in the hospital and at home so
they can meet their goals
Self-Actualization Needs - Correct Ans-Acceptance of self and others as they are
Focus of interest on problems outside oneself
Ability to be objective
Feelings of happiness and affection for others
Respect for all people
Ability to discriminate between good and evil
Creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests
Basic Human Need Examples - Correct Ans-Physiologic Needs (Physical Dimension):
Breathing
Circulation
Temperature
Intake of food & fluids
Elimination of wastes
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Movement
Safety & Security Needs (Environment Dimension)
Housing
Community
Neighborhood
Climate
Love & Belonging Needs (Sociocultural Dimension)
Relationships with others
Communication with others
Support systems
Being part of a community
Feeling loved by others
Self-esteem Needs (Emotional Dimension)
Fear
Sadness
Loneliness
Happiness
Accepting self
Self-actualization Needs (Intellectual & Spiritual Dimension)
Thinking
Learning Decision making
Values
Beliefs
Fulfillment
Helping others
Family - Correct Ans-A family can be defined as any group of people who live together
and depend on one another for physical, emotional, and financial support.
A family may be a group of people related by heredity, marriage, or living together in the
same household.
A family is who they say they are.
There are no absolute rights or wrongs about what makes a family. Respect for all kinds
of family members and relationships is essential to holistic, individualized patient care.
Multiple research studies have shown that family processes such as the quality of
parenting and harmony between parents, rather than family structures, contribute to a
child's well-being.
Family Structure and Function - Correct Ans-Interdependence: behaviors of individual
family members constantly influence and are influenced by all the other family members
Maintaining boundaries: families create boundaries that guide members which creates
that family's culture...culture in turn provides values.
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NUR 111 Exam 5 Study Questions and
Answers 2025
Meeting Basic Human Needs - Correct Ans-People's behaviors, feelings about self and
others, values, and priorities all relate to physiologic and psychosocial needs.
These basic human needs are common to all people; meeting these needs is essential
for the health and survival of all people.
A person can meet some needs independently, but most needs require relationships
and interactions with others for partial or complete fulfillment.
Satisfying one's needs often depends on the physical and social environment,
especially one's family and community.
Also include the family in this holistic care for the patients basic needs
Characteristics of Basic Needs/ Maslow - Correct Ans-Is a basic need if:
Their lack of fulfillment results in illness.
Their fulfillment helps prevent illness or signals health.
Meeting basic needs restores health.
Fulfillment of basic needs takes priority over other satisfactions when unmet.
A person feels something is missing when a need is unmet.
A person feels satisfaction when a need is met.
When basic needs are not met then the patient is not at the highest level of health and
may result in illness
Physiologic Needs - Correct Ans-Oxygen: most essential
Water
Food
Elimination
Temperature
Sexuality
Physical activity
Rest
Most older children and adults can meet these on their own
It is the very young and very old that need help to meet these needs
Safety and Security Needs - Correct Ans-Second in priority
Have both physical and emotional components
Physical:
Patient safety (ex. Hand hygiene, correct medication administration with correct
knowledge)
Emotional:
Educate them about what is going on
Being protected from potential or actual harm
Examples of interventions to meet these needs:
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Using proper hand hygiene to prevent infection
Using electrical equipment properly
Administering medications knowledgeably
Love and Belonging Needs - Correct Ans-Third priority needs, often called higher-level
needs
Understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love
The feeling of belonging to groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and
a community.
May become very critical of their situation or needing of you if these needs are not met
Unmet needs produce loneliness and isolation
Example of interventions to meet these needs:
Including family and friends in care of a patient
Establishing a trusting nurse-patient relationship
Listen to your patient
Respect their privacy
When the patient leaves the hospital you can refer them to a support group
Self-Esteem Needs - Correct Ans-Need for a person to feel good about oneself, to feel
pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others also respect and
appreciate those accomplishments
Positive self-esteem facilitates the person's confidence and independence.
Factors affecting self-esteem:
Role changes
Can be a death or an illness
Ex. Mom is sick so dad has to take over carpool and taking care of the kids
Body image changes
Ex. Patient with an amputation or mastectomy
Respect their values and goals
Encourage patient to set attainable goals when they are in the hospital and at home so
they can meet their goals
Self-Actualization Needs - Correct Ans-Acceptance of self and others as they are
Focus of interest on problems outside oneself
Ability to be objective
Feelings of happiness and affection for others
Respect for all people
Ability to discriminate between good and evil
Creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests
Basic Human Need Examples - Correct Ans-Physiologic Needs (Physical Dimension):
Breathing
Circulation
Temperature
Intake of food & fluids
Elimination of wastes
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Movement
Safety & Security Needs (Environment Dimension)
Housing
Community
Neighborhood
Climate
Love & Belonging Needs (Sociocultural Dimension)
Relationships with others
Communication with others
Support systems
Being part of a community
Feeling loved by others
Self-esteem Needs (Emotional Dimension)
Fear
Sadness
Loneliness
Happiness
Accepting self
Self-actualization Needs (Intellectual & Spiritual Dimension)
Thinking
Learning Decision making
Values
Beliefs
Fulfillment
Helping others
Family - Correct Ans-A family can be defined as any group of people who live together
and depend on one another for physical, emotional, and financial support.
A family may be a group of people related by heredity, marriage, or living together in the
same household.
A family is who they say they are.
There are no absolute rights or wrongs about what makes a family. Respect for all kinds
of family members and relationships is essential to holistic, individualized patient care.
Multiple research studies have shown that family processes such as the quality of
parenting and harmony between parents, rather than family structures, contribute to a
child's well-being.
Family Structure and Function - Correct Ans-Interdependence: behaviors of individual
family members constantly influence and are influenced by all the other family members
Maintaining boundaries: families create boundaries that guide members which creates
that family's culture...culture in turn provides values.
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