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






2. Power is shared






3. Focuses on energizing people to perform at a higher level.






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






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






6. Focus is on: What is good?






7. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate






8. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






14. 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.






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






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






17. Focuses on the need of society rather than the individual & is not reflective of an emphasis on problem solving. Student to experience inquiry thru active learning and exploration; involvement in social and community activities. (Pragmatist Philosoph






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






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. 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.






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






23. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






24. '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






25. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






27. 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






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






29. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






32. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






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






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






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






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






38. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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).






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