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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. 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).


2. 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


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






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






5. Facts - ideas - materials - trends - sequences - methodology - principles - & generalizations.






6. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






8. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






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






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






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






13. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






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






15. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






16. '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






17. Focus is on: What is good?






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






19. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


20. 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.






21. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






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






46. Power is shared






47. 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






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






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






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