Identification should include biopsychosocial needs related to fear, anxiety, and spirituality, as well as needs across the lifespan (e.g., patients with disabilities, patients with mental health impairments, patients from a variety of cultural backgrounds). Identification should state the importance of providing support for each patient in accordance with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, to include
- physiological and biological needs
- safety needs
- need for love and belonging
- need for self-esteem
- need for self-actualization.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are basic human physical needs? Why is it important for the surgical technologist to apply knowledge of basic human physical needs when working with patients?
- Why must medical professionals acknowledge the importance of a patient’s spiritual health?
- What is the role of the “healing touch” as it relates to the surgical team?