How this exercise works
Rank patient needs from most to least urgent using Maslow's hierarchy. Physiologic survival needs come before safety, belonging, and self-esteem concerns.
Fundamental concept
Ranking patient needs from physiologic survival through safety when multiple non-ABC concerns compete for attention.
Read: Maslow's Hierarchy in Nursing Prioritization →Scenario
You enter the room of a client 6 hours post–appendectomy who is grimacing, guarding the abdomen, and also asks for extra blankets because the room feels cold.
Drag items into priority order — highest priority at the top.
Available
Provide warm blanket and adjust room temperature
Assist client to charge phone and call family
Administer prescribed analgesic and reassess pain level
Inspect surgical incision for bleeding or dehiscence
Priority order
1
Drop here
2
Drop here
3
Drop here
4
Drop here
