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






2. Focus is on: What is good?






3. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






6. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






7. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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).


21. 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.






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






23. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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


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






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






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






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






35. Power is shared






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






38. 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






39. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






42. '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






43. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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