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Certified Nurse Educator

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Focuses on energizing people to perform at a higher level.






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






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






4. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






5. Creating analogies - writing summaries - Explaining to a peer - Pair or team discussions - Answering questions during a lecture - Viewing Power Points






6. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






7. 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.






8. Focuses on getting the job done - Chairperson engages faculty in the development & adoption of a new curriculum.






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






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






11. 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).


12. 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


13. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






14. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






15. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






16. Emphasizes problem solving rather than the content of specific subjects. Student centered - Goal oriented inquiry which leads learners to problem solving. Students assisted to develop the self through field trips - lab work - simulation; apply learni






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. P values (intended) .70-.80 (ideal) - Can be .3-.8 (bell curve) - 1.00 - Upper limits of P value - 100% answered question correctly






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






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






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






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






26. Learning encompasses attitudes - beliefs - values - feelings - emotions - & motivation. The expression of these often involves statements of opinions - beliefs - or an assessment of worth.






27. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


28. Focus is on: What is truth?






29. Reports - tables - diagrams - directions - & regulations






30. Nursing labs with return demonstration - Simple problem-solving in class -Developing nursing care plans - Role playing






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






32. Power is shared






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






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






35. Human beings have unique profiles composed of varying degrees of eight and one half research-based intelligences.






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






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






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






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






40. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






41. 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.






42. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






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






46. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






48. Reinforces knowledge rather than learning new material - Imagery Stimulates critical thinking by exploring mental models. - Decreases anxiety--increases skill performance.






49. Teaching to Cognitive Domain Cooperative learning - AV presentations - Lecture - Discussion - Concept Mapping - Analogies


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