The Factors Involved in Assessing the Importance the Patient Attaches

Multiple Choice

The factors involved in assessing the importance the patient attaches to the relief of a particular deficit include:

A) needs that the nurse must assess to prioritize care, because they may be different from person to person.
B) ordering needs according to Maslow's hierarchy, with lower level needs being least compelling.
C) needs based on a hierarchy in which higher level needs are more prominent and demand attention before lower level needs.
D) needs that are usually not known to the patient and that must be determined by the nurse.