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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. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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


18. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






19. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






20. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






36. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






38. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






40. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






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






43. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






44. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






46. 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).






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


50. Focus is on: What is good?