Editing Management of Care (section)

=== Maslow's hierarchy of needs ===
When no patient has an ABC problem, physiologic needs (oxygen, fluid, nutrition, elimination, pain, rest) outrank safety and security needs, which outrank love and belonging, which outrank esteem, which outrank self-actualization. This framework separates a physical need from a psychosocial one. The practical caution is that Maslow is applied '''after''' ABC and safety, not instead of them, and a psychosocial answer can still be correct when every option is psychosocial or when the physiologic issue has already been addressed.