1-8.
COMPARISON OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
The categories of Maslow's hierarchy are closely related to the basic human
needs discussed in paragraph 1-6. Table 1-1 contains a comparison.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Basic Human Needs
Physical Needs: Food, water, oxygen,
Physiological: Food, shelter, water,
sleep, oxygen
Elimination, clothing and shelter for body
warmth and protection, activity, or
Safety: Security, stability, order, physical
sensory and motor stimulation, including
sex, physical exercise, and rest
Safety
Love and Belonging: Affection,
Emotional Needs: Love, including
identification, companionship
approval and esteem, importance,
including recognition and respect,
Esteem and Recognition: Self-esteem,
adequacy, including self-sufficiency and
the need to be needed and wanted,
self-respect, prestige, success, esteem of
productivity, including work an creative
others
pursuits
Self-actualization: Self-fulfillment,
Social Needs: Identification or belonging,
achieving one's capabilities
education or learning, religion or spiritual,
Aesthetic: Beauty, harmony, spiritual
recreation or play
Table 1-1. Comparison of basic human needs and Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
a. Physical needs are roughly equivalent to Maslow's physiological and safety
needs.
b. Emotional needs are roughly equivalent to Maslow's love and belonging and
esteem and recognition needs.
c. Social needs are roughly equivalent to Maslow's self-actualization and
aesthetic needs.
1-9.
CLOSING
Remember that human needs are not constant; they are fluid and changing with
first one, then another, taking priority. What may start as a basic need for food can take
on social and personal significance. Your care plan as well as your patience are aimed
toward the satisfaction of the patient's needs. He has common needs because he is a
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