The nurse gives a very informative and engaging presentation and then gives everyone in the audience a handout that outlines the presentation.Later,the nurse discovers that many of the handouts were thrown away before the audience left the building.Which of the following educational principles has the nurse forgotten?
A) Audiences expect PowerPoint or video presentations, not lectures.
B) Many Americans do not have a high reading level.
C) People want photographs and images, not wordy outlines.
D) The nurse gave them too much information too fast for them to want to cope with it all.

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Most health information is printed at a tenth-grade reading level,which is too difficult for almost half of the adult readers in the United States.If people cannot read or understand the material,they discard it.Although visual images are certainly helpful,this does not explain why the handouts were discarded.Audience expectations of the use of PowerPoint or video presentations or receiving too much information too fast does not explain why the handouts were thrown away.If the nurse covered information too fast,it is likely that the participants may have been more inclined to keep the handout.

The Nurse Gives a Very Informative and Engaging Presentation and Then