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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. 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.






2. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






4. Power in the hands of the leader. Does not provide for sharing of power needed for faculty to adopt a new curriculum. Collaboration is needed.






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






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






7. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






10. Educator models the behavior; information flows form educator to learner. Student encouraged to expand the mind by inquiry - discovery - aesthetics - synthesis and application of knowledge to life. Belief in strong liberal arts foundation. (Idealism






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






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






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






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






20. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


21. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






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






24. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






26. Adults are self-directed and problem centered and need to learn useful information.






27. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






30. '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






31. 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.






32. Learners find own information. Education motivates the development of human potential. Encouraged to freely choose own path to learning; assume responsibility for life (Existential Philosophy).






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






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






35. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






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






38. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






40. 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


41. Define - Identify - List - Recognize - Cite - know - match - memorize - name - recall - recite - relate - repeat - reproduce - review - state - tell






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






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


44. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






45. Interpretation and synthesis of knowledge across discipline boundaries; requires communication & interdisciplinary collaboration.






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


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






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






49. 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






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