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Being a combination of an auditory and a tactile learner, I learn best through listening hearing and touch. Recognizing this trait about myself has helped me explore the different learning tools and techniques that can help me learn best. Educating one’s patients’ in a clinical setting or a clinical situation has become more of the nurses’ responsibility unlike when the task was solely the physicians’ (Lippincott Solutions, 2017). To ensure a successful education, the nurses have to study their patients’ learning styles. It is however not an easy task since some of the patients are often too weak to express the characteristics of their learning style(s). Visualizing my patients, I can see that they are highly incongruent portraying different traits of learning. This means I cannot generalize my teaching styles with every one of them. To achieve the desired outcomes from my lessons, I have to critically study every patient to determine which learning style best suits them.
Some of the patients I see each time I am in a clinical environment seems to be lacking an effective learning experience to help them maintain their health. Albeit their respective nurses are always ready to educate them, it is clear the learning experience does not yield the desired fruits. According to Marcia Draheim (n.d), in such as situation, it is important to get out of one’s head into the patient’s head by considering their learning styles and lifestyles. The patients appear to me to be kinesthetic and tactile learners since they are either moving about or fiddling with items. Use of models and other tangible learning tools can help the patients learn better. The patients can also be allowed to actively participate in the lessons in such ways as portioning meals to learn the recommended balanced diet.
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