The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in planning the patient's return to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications
The nurse is preparing a plan of care that addresses the patient's multifaceted needs. To which level of Maslow's hierarchy of basic needs does the patient's need for self-fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
B) Transcendence
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-actualization
Ans: D
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Maslow's highest level of human needs is self-actualization, which includes self-fulfillment, desire to know and understand, and aesthetic needs. The other answers are incorrect because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them.
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