A nurse is standing beside the patient's bed. Nurse: How are you doing? Patient: I don't feel good. Which element will the nurse identify as feedback?
a. Nurse
b. Patient
c. How are you doing?
d. I don't feel good.
ANS: D
"I don't feel good" is the feedback because the feedback is the message the receiver returns. The sender is the person who encodes and delivers the message, and the receiver is the person who receives and decodes the message. The nurse is the sender. The patient is the receiver. "How are you doing?" is the message.
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