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






2. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






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






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






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






7. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






10. Power is shared






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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


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






22. 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).


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






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






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






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






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






28. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






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






36. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






38. 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.






39. 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


40. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






47. 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).






48. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






50. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate