Adult patients are adult learners. Knowing this, the nurse understands the assumptions about adult learners that will help the nurse plan and provide the appropriate education. Which statement provides proof that more instruction about adult learners is needed?

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Adults may represent different learning styles such as being a visual learner, auditory learner, or kinesthetic learner, so it is not a correct assumption that adults learn from taking notes. Adults will learn as the need arises and believe that the learning will fulfill the need. Adults use their lives as the point of reference for all learning and prefer to be self-directed in learning or at the very least have a say in it.

Adult Patients Are Adult Learners