The establishment of priorities of care during the planning phase of the nursing process often uses the framework of:
a. Erikson's developmental tasks.
b. Piaget's cognitive table.
c. Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
d. Freud's classifications.
C
A useful framework to guide prioritization is Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
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