Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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Across
  1. 4. This level of need prioritizes morality, creativity, meaning, and inner potential.
  2. 8. This level of need prioritizes food, breathing, warmth, and shelter.
  3. 9. This is an example of how we can demonstrate the need for love and belonging in the clinical setting as a nurse. Hint: sometimes all it takes is silence and lending an ear.
  4. 10. This is an example of esteem. We allow patients to maintain this by supporting their right to make decisions about their care.
Down
  1. 1. This is an example of a physiological need, it is represented by the second letter in the priority framework acronym: ABCDE
  2. 2. This is an example of a safety need. A common one seen in the clinical setting that everyone in a nursing home is expected to have. Hint: Don't fall!
  3. 3. This level of need prioritizes friendship, intimacy, family, and sense of connection.
  4. 5. This level of need prioritizes respect, status, strength, freedom, and self-esteem.
  5. 6. This level of need prioritizes health, employment, personal security, and property.
  6. 7. This is an example of self actualization, it is what we as a nurse hope for our patients to achieve using holistic care. Hint: acheiving one's total potential or ultimate purpose.