Setting priorities
Airway, breathing, circulation. Immediate safety: fall, violence, self-harm. Physiological needs: pain, elimination, nutrition, sleep. Psychosocial needs: anxiety, teaching, grief Between two physiological problems, choose the one that kills faster if untreated. Actual before potential. Unstable before stable. New before known. Use this sheet in spaced repetition, pair it with a matching clinical scenario on NursEduc, and always compare values to the person's baseline before drawing conclusions. essential nursing framework landmarks a nurse or licensed practical nurse in Quebec should keep in mind for clinical practice and for succeeding on the OIIQ or OIIAQ entry exam. The OIIQ builds its questions around official frameworks (clinical judgment, competencies, contexts) that are essential to master.