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






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






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






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






6. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






16. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






18. 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






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






20. 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).






21. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






22. Power is shared






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Focus is on: What is good?






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






32. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






40. 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






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






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






43. '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






44. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


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






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






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






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






50. 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).