Encouragement for clients to practice good hygiene habits not only meets basic physiological needs, it also meets the hierarchal need of:
a. Love and belonging
b. Safety and security
c. Infection control
d. Self-care
A
Good hygiene meets the need for love and belonging by conveying to others willingness for social interaction. Safety and security needs relate more to the client's feeling secure in his environment and providing measures to keep clients safe; infection control and self-care are not actual needs, but the concepts fall into the category of physiological needs.
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