Learning Styles of Nursing Professionals Working in Oncology Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Aim To characterize nursing professionals working in oncology care and to identify their learning styles based on David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Inventory. Methods A cross‐sectional, quantitative study conducted in 2024 with 133 nursing professionals from two oncology reference hospitals in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. A semistructured questionnaire was used for sociodemographic characterization, and Kolb’s Inventory was applied to identify learning styles. Results Most participants were female (85.71%), aged up to 35 years (53.38%), married (47.73%), held postgraduate degrees (96.99%), and had less than 5 years of professional experience (62.99%). The accommodating learning style was the most prevalent in the total sample (36.84%) and was also predominant among nursing technicians (35.19%) and nurses (44.00%). No statistically significant differences were found in the distribution of learning styles between professional categories ( p = 0.133). Conclusions The findings highlight the importance of aligning continuing education programs with learning styles by adopting pedagogical strategies compatible with individual preferences to enhance competency acquisition and improve the quality of oncology care.