Various learning styles and other unique student attributes contribute to difficulty in developing learning activities that help students make sense of abstract and complex concepts in nursing education. Studies show that metaphors help students understand and experience complex concepts and guide learner self-reflection, attitude formation, and behavior change.1'2 Metaphors can be used to link the purpose of activities within a course and guide thinking about the learning process as a whole. Nursing educators can create metaphors in planning learning activities and curricula to enable student and faculty visualization of processes and outcomes.
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