Learning Styles in Nursing Education: Integrating Teaching Strategies Into Staff DevelopmentAdrianne E. Avillion, D.Ed, RNAs of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product.Meet the diverse needs of adult learners.In today's hectic nursing environment where education must be provided quickly, efficiently, and effectively, staff development specialists need to employ a variety of teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of adult learners. "Learning Styles in Nursing Education: Integrating Teaching Strategies Into Staff Development" delivers strategies to help educators correlate their teaching methods with nurses' various learning styles to achieve optimal educational outcomes.This unique book and CD-ROM provide practical, cutting-edge information to help staff development specialists identify learning and teaching styles and understand various adult teaching/learning philosophies so they can develop and use best practices in education techniques.This resource teaches educators how to: Recognize the differences among various learning stylesEmploy strategies to effectively teach adult learners across all learning stylesTrain learners to deal with test anxietyHelp learners prepare for and successfully deal with testing situationsTable of contentsChapter 1: Perspectives of Adult Education and Their Influence on Education DeliveryChapter 2: Adult Learning Styles and Their Influence on Teaching and Learning StrategiesChapter 3: Education Strategies to Meet the Needs of Adults with Different Learning StylesChapter 4: Merging Research and Evaluation to Assess the Effect of EducationChapter 5: Developing Effective Study Habits and Test-Taking SkillsLearning objectivesSummarize the characteristics of various perspectives of adult educationIdentify teaching strategies that correspond to various perspectives of adult educationDescribe the characteristics of various adult learning stylesIdentify teaching strategies that correspond to various adult learning stylesDevelop education offerings to meet the needs of people with different learning stylesExplain how to implement education programs to strategically meet the needs of people with different learning stylesDescribe possible research projects to measure the effect of education based on learning stylesRecall techniques to evaluate the effect of educationDescribe study strategies appropriate to the various learning stylesIdentify strategies to successfully cope with different types of examinationsIntended audienceStaff development specialistsDirectors of educationStaff educatorsNurse managers