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






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






3. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






4. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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).


11. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






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






14. Focus is on: What is truth?






15. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






18. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






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






20. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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


46. 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






47. Power is shared






48. Focus is on: What is good?






49. Link concepts w/ arrow to describe the direction of the relationship - Makes learning an active process rather than a passive one.






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