Remember that human needs are not constant; they are fluid and changing with first one, then another, taking priority.

What may start as a basic need for food can take on social and personal significance.

Your care plan as well as your patience are aimed toward the satisfaction of the patient’s needs. He has common needs because he is a person; he has individual needs because he is unique; he has special needs because he is sick.

The Practical Nurse supplies the help that is required to meet the patient’s needs during the stressful periods of hospitalization and recuperation.