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






2. Focus is on: What is truth?






3. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






4. 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






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






6. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






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






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






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






13. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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).


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






27. 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.






28. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






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






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


32. 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






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






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






35. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






37. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






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






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






40. 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).






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






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






44. 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


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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






50. 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