Human Needs
Processes and activities that keep living things alive.
What are physiological needs?
Characterized by rapid growth and development, strength and muscle control develop in a head to toe progression.
What is infancy?
Caring for the whole person.
What is holistic care?
A person's physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to another person.
What is sexual orientation?
Relating to the spirit or soul.
What is spiritual?
Five physiological needs.
What are food, water, protection, shelter, activity, sleep, rest, freedom from pain?
(any five of this is correct)
Most common health concerns are eating disorders, sexually transmitted infections, and depression.
What is adolescence?
The four components of holistic care.
What are physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual needs?
A deeply felt sense of one's gender.
What is gender identity?
Actively denying the existence of any deity or higher power.
What is Atheism?
Any combination of mental health, emotional, spiritual or behavioral needs, concerns or aspects of the resident’s life which are identified as important to the resident.
What are psychosocial needs?
Characterized by increasing independence, coordination of arms and legs, and control of their bladder and bowels.
What are toddlers?
A common feeling for new residents of long term care.
What is loss?
Sexual orientation that is not exclusively heterosexual.
What is queer?
Three examples of dietary restrictions that may be due to religious beliefs.
What are vegetarianism, veganism, no meat on Fridays, kosher foods, no pork, no shellfish, not having meat and dairy at the same meal, no alcohol, no tobacco, no coffee, fasting?
(any 3 are correct)
Researcher of human behavior who wrote about human physiological and psychosocial needs.
Who is (Abraham) Maslow?
Most common health problems are stroke, arthritis, and Alzheimer's.
What is late adulthood?
Three problems resulting from a residents loss of independence.
What are poor self-image, anger, helplessness, sadness, hopelessness, feeling useless, increased dependence, anxiety and depression?
(any 3 are correct)
Process of changing genders, which can include legal procedures, medical measures, and projecting new pronouns and/or name.
What is transition?
Believing that one does not know or cannot know if God exists.
What is Agnosticism?
The progression of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs in order of importance.
What are (1)physiological needs, (2)safety and security, (3)love and belonging, (4)self-esteem, (5)self-actualization?
Women in this age group experience menopause.
What is middle adulthood?
Preventing feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, anger, uselessness, and/or anxiety.
What is promoting/encouraging independence?
How to respect and promote a residents expression of sexuality.
What is..
respect the privacy of a resident's personal room
be open and nonjudgemental about residents' sexual attitudes and/or choices
call a resident by preferred pronouns and/or name?
Learned belief and behaviors practiced by a group of people.
What is culture?