目的:运用马斯洛需要层次论分析住院患者外出的原因,并提出相应的对策。方法:采用随机访谈法,结合马斯洛需要层次理论分析2014年7~12月外科90位住院患者外出的原因。结果:住院患者外出的原因主要有生理需要、安全需要、爱与归属的需要、尊重的需要和自我实现的需要。结论:运用马斯洛需要层次理论指导护士对住院患者的护理管理,能够尽可能满足患者需要,减少住院患者外出。 OBJECTIVE: To use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to analyze the causes of inpatients’ outpatients and to propose corresponding countermeasures. METHODS: Randomized interviews and combined Maslow hierarchy of needs were used to analyze the causes of outpatient surgeries in 90 surgical patients from July to December 2014. Results: Results: The main reasons for outpatients to go out are physiological needs, security needs, the need of love and belonging, the need of respect and the need of self-actualization. Conclusion: Using Maslow’s hierarchy of needs guide nurses ’care management of hospitalized patients, which can meet the needs of patients as much as possible and reduce the outpatients’ outpatients.