ABRAHAM MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF

BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

MRS. JOJI B. CASTELLANO,R.N.,MAN

ACCORDING TO MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS:

1. PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 Oxygen
 Fluids
 Nutrition
 Body Temperature
 Elimination
 Rest and Sleep
 Sex
 (Note: Sex is not necessary for individual survival, but it is necessary for
survival of mankind.)
2.SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
 Physical Safety
 Psychological Safety
 The need for shelter and freedom from harm and danger.

3.LOVE AND BELONGINGNESS NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 The need to love or be loved.
 The need to care and be cared for.
 The need for affection; to associate or to belong.
 The need to establish fruitful and meaningful relationships with people, institution, or
organization.
4. SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
 Self-worth
 Self-identity
 Self-respect
 Self-image
 (Need to be well though of by oneself as well as by others.)

5. SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 The need to learn, create and understand or comprehend.
 The need for harmonious relationships.
 The need for beauty or aesthetics.
 The need to be self-fulfilled.
 The need for spiritual fulfillment.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

 NEEDS ARE UNIVERSAL.

All human beings have the same basic human needs.

 NEEDS MAY BE MET IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

Example: if a person is unable to eat through the mouth, nutrition may be administered
through nasogastric tube, or intravenous route (total parental nutrition)

 NEEDS MAY BE STIMULATED BY EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS.

Example: external factor like smelling a seemingly delicious food will trigger hunger in a
person; internal factor like low blood glucose level will stimulate sensation of hunger.
 PRIORITIES MAY BE ALTERED.
Example: the adolescent nursing student gives higher priority to her studies to achieve self-
esteem over her need for love and belongingness. So she sacrifices to be away from her parents
who lives in the province.

 NEEDS MAY BE DEFERRED.

Example: a person who is confined in a hospital must forego his need for independence and
privacy.

 NEEDS ARE INTERRELATED.

Example: when physiologic needs of an infant are adequately met, he associates this with
satisfaction of his need for love and belongingness. When a person is loved and appreciated by
many people, his self-esteem is enhanced; likewise when a person has high self-esteem, he is
more capable of loving and appreciating other people.
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