- Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

• Priority of nursing care • ABC’s: Airway, Breathing, Circulation • Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs (Self-Actualization is the “highest need” • Patient Safety ▪ Safety and Quality of Care (IGGY page 2) • Newer programs & standards implemented to combat this growing problem that if not avoided can result in pt deaths, injuries, deaths and inc. healthcare costs: • In 2000: Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated in its To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System publication ...