Within the communication process, the nurse realizes that encoding is:
a. a stimulus produced by a sender and responded to by a receiver.
b. the person who intercepts the sender's message.
c. a person who generates a message.
d. the use of language or other signs and symbols for sending messages.
ANS: D
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