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A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For
which nursing activities is this approach useful?
A) Making accurate nursing diagnoses
B) Establishing priorities of care ✔️✔️
C) Communicating concerns more concisely
D) Integrating science into nursing care - Correct Answer-B. Maslow's
hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility.
Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all
that apply.
A) Preventing falls in the facility
B) Changing a patient's oxygen tank ✔️✔️
C) Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
D) Helping a patient eat his dinner ✔️✔️
E) Facilitating a visit from a spouse
F) Referring a patient to a cancer support group.
– Correct Answer-B, D. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food,
elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be
met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are
examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps
meet safety and security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-
actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-
esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love
and belonging needs.
, The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and
sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs
is being met by this nurse?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security ✔️✔️
C) Self-esteem
D) Love and belonging - Correct Answer-B. By carrying out careful hand
hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection.
An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-
esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past
career. An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is
contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest
level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which
statements accurately describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all
that apply.
A) Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
B) Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
C) The self-actualization process continues throughout life. ✔️✔️
D) Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
E) A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
✔️✔️
F) Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems✔️✔️. -
Correct Answer-C, E, F. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential,
is a process that continues throughout life. A person achieves self-
actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity
as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are
not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-
actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for
help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-
actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility.
What is the best broad definition of a family?
A) A father, a mother, and children
B) A group whose members are biologically related
C) A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
D) A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support
✔️✔️- Correct Answer-D. Although all the responses may be true, the best
QUESTIONS WITH 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS AND
RATIONALE
A+ GRADED
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For
which nursing activities is this approach useful?
A) Making accurate nursing diagnoses
B) Establishing priorities of care ✔️✔️
C) Communicating concerns more concisely
D) Integrating science into nursing care - Correct Answer-B. Maslow's
hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility.
Which examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all
that apply.
A) Preventing falls in the facility
B) Changing a patient's oxygen tank ✔️✔️
C) Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
D) Helping a patient eat his dinner ✔️✔️
E) Facilitating a visit from a spouse
F) Referring a patient to a cancer support group.
– Correct Answer-B, D. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food,
elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest—must be
met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen are
examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps
meet safety and security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-
actualization needs, facilitating visits from loved ones helps meet self-
esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group helps meet love
and belonging needs.
, The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and
sterile techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs
is being met by this nurse?
A) Physiologic
B) Safety and security ✔️✔️
C) Self-esteem
D) Love and belonging - Correct Answer-B. By carrying out careful hand
hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety from infection.
An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-
esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past
career. An example of helping meet a love and belonging need is
contacting a hospitalized patient's family to arrange a visit.
The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest
level on Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which
statements accurately describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all
that apply.
A) Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
B) Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
C) The self-actualization process continues throughout life. ✔️✔️
D) Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
E) A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
✔️✔️
F) Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems✔️✔️. -
Correct Answer-C, E, F. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential,
is a process that continues throughout life. A person achieves self-
actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself and using creativity
as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are
not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-
actualization needs are not met specifically by depending on others for
help. Loneliness and isolation are not always the result of unmet self-
actualization needs.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility.
What is the best broad definition of a family?
A) A father, a mother, and children
B) A group whose members are biologically related
C) A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
D) A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support
✔️✔️- Correct Answer-D. Although all the responses may be true, the best
