Name: Alexis John Painagan Submitted to: Ms. Elisse Mae AlixYr. and Section: BSN II-J Clinical Instructor

14 Fundamental Needs of a Person”By: Virginia Henderson

According to Virginia Henderson each human being is unified with individually and continuous exchange of energy with the environment. Prior to what she believes we human beings must interact with the environment for us to survive. We must cope up for those stresses that come to our lives and these stressors are found in the environment.

Virginia Henderson’s 14 basic needs is very essential because it is viewed as a basis of nursing care and it helps clients from dependence to independence. The 14 basic needs on of which is to breath normally. It is necessary for us to breathe because if we stop breathing we eventually die. To eat and drink adequately for our body to maintain balance or keep working. We need to eat food that contains nutrients necessary for survival including water, which is very needed by our body. It regulates heat, cleanses the body and provides fluid for the body. To eliminate by all avenues of elimination. Our body then absorbs the nutrients and what is left are unnecessary materials or toxics that must be taken out of the body and this is process by elimination of urine or feces.

Move and maintain desirable position for our body to function normally we must maintain desirable body positions. Sleep and rest. Our body can function 24 hours a day but if prolonged we eventually die. We need to rest to regain strength, to grow and to develop. Select suitable clothing. We must select suitable clothing prior to temperature of the environment to maintain normal body temperature. Maintain body temperature with normal range. If body temperature declines or increases both are risky.

Avoid dangers in the environment. To avoid dangers in the environment we must be extra very careful to our actions. Keep the body clean. Keeping the body clean lessens the risk of attaining infection or disease and it makes you look healthy. Communicate with others. Communicating with others makes life much easier and comfortable. Worship according to faith. We humans have different believes, have different Gods but what is common to us is that we believe in God whom we believe is the giver of our lives and is the source of our strength and intellectual thinking.

Work at something that provides a sense of accomplishment, it is very common to all of us. We work or do something to keep us alive, something that makes us happy and complete. Play or participate in various forms of recreation. To aid our lives with better standards of living we usually play significant roles in various forms of recreation. Learn, discover or satisfy the curiosity that leads to nursing.

“Basic needs are essential for survival and to daily life activities and experiences”