A patient calls the nurse to report the smell of cigarette smoke in the bathroom. The nurse recognizes that this component of the communication process is identified by which term?

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The elements of the communication process include a referent (i.e., event or thought initiating the communication), a sender (i.e., person who initiates and encodes the communication), a receiver (i.e., person who receives and decodes, or interprets, the communication), the message (i.e., information that is communicated), the channel (i.e., method of communication), and feedback (i.e., response of the receiver).

A Patient Calls the Nurse to Report the Smell of Cigarette