The nursing student discovered that his primary learning style is visual and his secondary learning style is tactile/kinesthetic. The nursing student is learning about caring for a client who requires an enteral feeding tube. Which way to enhance his init

Question

A) Making a pictorial guide based upon lecture notes of caring for a client receiving an enteral feeding via the enteral tube
B) Watching a nurse insert an enteral feeding tube, and then trying it on another client
C) Watching a video on insertion of the enteral feeding tube, and then practicing it using a practice client simulator mannequin
D) Reading an illustrated textbook on how to care for a client requiring an enteral feeding tube

Answer 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
The best approach for initial learning is to watch a video showing and describing the procedure and then practicing it on a client simulator mannequin because the approach provides the primary learning style through visual presentation, and the secondary learning style is reinforced by immediate hands-on learning. Making a pictorial guide from lecture notes only reinforces the visual learning style. Watching the nurse insert the feeding tube may be helpful, but the student should not try to perform the procedure immediately on a client before practicing the procedure on a client simulator mannequin. An illustrated textbook provides the primary visual learning style but does not offer the reinforced secondary learning style that hands-on learning will offer.