When determining actions for the management plan, the practitioner should first address:
a. problems in the order of their chronologic development.
b. the patient's concern about a particular problem.
c. the patient's social and economic cir-cumstances.
d. the most urgent problem.
D
In developing patient care plans, priority should be given to the most life-threatening and urgent physical needs of the patient. Then focus on addressing the patient's social and economic cir-cumstances.
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