A nurse is caring for a patient who develops dyspnea that does not improve with oxygen therapy and nebulizer treatment. The nurse immediately calls the patient's primary health-care provider. This type of communication is called
1. Upward.
2. Bilateral.
3. Horizontal.
4. Downward.
ANS: 1
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True False