A patient has been attending an outpatient diabetes education group.On assessing the patient after several sessions, the nurse determines that the patient's knowledge is far below what the diabetic educator expects.The patient states, "I can't stand that group! All that talk mixes me up." The nurse concludes the most likely reason for this response is that the patient:
A) is not an auditory learner and is frustrated.
B) should give the group experience more time.
C) really does not like the people in the group.
D) would respond better to personal discussion.

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There are three predominant learning styles: visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic.If discussion is frustrating and confusing, the patient is probably not an auditory learner, and teaching techniques need to be adjusted.The patient has already been to several sessions and remains unhappy with the experience, so giving the group experience more time is not a good choice.Whether or not the patient likes the other people in the group is not highly relevant.It would be more reasonable to assess the patient's learning style.If the patient is not an auditory learner, even one-on-one discussions will not be the best learning experience.It would be better to reason that the learning style is the issue and conduct further assessments.

A Patient Has Been Attending an Outpatient Diabetes Education Group