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






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






3. 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






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. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






6. 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






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






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






9. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






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






13. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






21. 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






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






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






24. 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).


25. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






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






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






30. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






37. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






39. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






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






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


44. 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.






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






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






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






48. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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


50. 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