A nurse actively avoids the use of one-way communication because the major problem is that:
a. the receiver is in control.
b. feedback is provided to the sender.
c. participation is not equal.
d. the communication is unstructured.
C
One-way communication is seldom effective because the sender is in control and gets very little feedback from the receiver.
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