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Certified Nurse Educator

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Learning encompasses attitudes - beliefs - values - feelings - emotions - & motivation. The expression of these often involves statements of opinions - beliefs - or an assessment of worth.






2. Insufficient length (min. 25 mult. choice) - Insufficient group variability - Test scores to a smaller group of (N) will decrease reliability






3. Learner chooses their own path & assumes life long learning responsibilities by collaboration with other learners & facilitation of the educators. Self-actualization & education lead to happiness.






4. Reasoning - Inference - Interpretation- Knowledge - Open-mindedness






5. Connects theory to practice; 'How can knowledge be responsibly applied to consequential problems?' - Service to boards and organizations - policy development.






6. Includes statements on: Person/client - Nursing - Environment - Health - and sometimes Nursing Education. Metaphysics Study of reality vs. what is fantasy/illusion (post-modern in nature).


7. Apply - Demonstrate - Use - Develop - Examine - Employ - Illustrate - practice - Schedule - Solve - write






8. Focuses on choices & individualism ...not problem solving






9. Breaking down material or information into its constituent parts and detecting the relationship of the parts and the way they are organized. Organizing - Prioritizing - Differentiating


10. Using empathy - Setting an example - Counseling - Journaling - Role modeling






11. Completed at the end of a course/program - The final outcome.






12. Describe - Explain - Summarize - Discuss - Review - Express - Indicate - Locate - report - restate - Reword - Select






13. Learning is interactive and occurs in a social/historical context. Knowledge - ideas - attitudes and values are developed as a result of relationships with people.






14. OLD (Nouns) - NEW (Verbs) - 6 Levels: Synthesis (Creating) - Evaluation - Analysis (Analyzing) - Application (Applying) - Comprehension (Understanding ) - Knowledge (Remembering)


15. Dialogue & reflection. Understanding the hows and whys of human experience. Perception of events results in learning.






16. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






17. Discussion - Developing Poster presentation - Portfolio - Journaling - Simulation






18. Based on knowledge & traditional content - does not emphasize problem solving






19. Share relevant stories to facilitate content & skills acquisition. A practical discourse using nine themes allows education to be gained thru experiences of teachers - students and clinicians to direct nursing education.






20. Generation of new knowledge for application and integration into the discipline and teaching; developing knowledge base of Nursing.






21. Leader manages 'by the book' - everything by procedure or policy. If not covered by 'the book' leader refers to the next level - not facilitate curriculum






22. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






23. Focus is on: What is good?






24. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






25. Truth is related to specific context and is constantly being constructed.






26. The liberation for thought occurs through analysis of power and relationships within social structure information.






27. Individual or group projects - Debating ethical issues - Participating in case studies - Conducting research - Completing nursing care maps - Critiquing peer's performance






28. Teaching strategy...small teams each w/ learners of different levels use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each person is responsible for learning and helping teammates learn.






29. Eliminates adversarial relationships. Education consists of an integration of humanistic-existential - phenomenological - feminist and caring ideologies.






30. Development is sequential and progresses in an uneven/interrupted manner through several phases.






31. 'Hands off' style - leader provides little or no direction to faculty Gives a lot of freedom - must decide & resolve on their own. Would not facilitate a new curriculum. Free-Rein Leadership






32. Compare - Contrast - Differentiate - Analyze - Appraise - Calculate - Categorize Criticize/Critique -Delineate - Determine - Discriminate - Distinguish - Investigate - Organize - Question - Test






33. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






34. Learner focuses on acquisition and recall of specific facts - concepts and principles. Simple (knowledge) to complex (synthesis/evaluation).






35. Requires evidence of effective teaching and dissemination of knowledge acquired as a result of teaching; curriculum development - use of innovative teaching/learning strategies; dissemination of teaching knowledge/expertise.






36. Encompasses fine motor - gross motor and manual skills. Commonly used in clinical techniques - Learners might physically do skills






37. Focus is on: What is truth?






38. Judgement that the test measures what it's intended to measure -Reliability Ability of the the test to provide dependable and consistent scores






39. Occurs when a leader develops in a particular situation. Switching instinctively between styles






40. An analysis of a clinical situation or incident - Learner must analyze and interpret the data provided






41. Viewing films - Assigned reading - Listening to lectures - Observing demonstrations - Listening to conversation - Program instruction






42. Positive reinforcement & reward. Student subject to natural law; motivated to learn through positive reinforcement; rewarded for scientific objectivity and objective analysis (Realism Philosophy).






43. Kuder Richardson - Split-half Reliability Coefficient - Coefficient Alpha






44. Facts - ideas - materials - trends - sequences - methodology - principles - & generalizations.






45. Dialogue - Peer Sharing - Story Telling Interpretive approach to teaching/learning - Evolves from lived experiences of teachers & learners. - Insights are gleaned from practical wisdom/knowledge. - Promotes truth seeking - caring & affective learning






46. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






47. All behavior is learned and can be shaped / rewarded to attain desired ends.






48. Intellectual growth - activism - and empowerment can change injustice and inequity for all persons. Florence Nightingale.






49. Conditions of learning influence acquisition/retention by modifying existing cognitive structures. Assimilation - accommodation and construction of knowledge are the basic processes of learning.






50. Applying ideas - rules of procedure - methods - formulae - principles - & theories in job related situations