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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. 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.






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






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






4. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






5. 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).






6. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






12. Power is shared






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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


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






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






29. 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.






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






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






33. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






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






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






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


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






38. 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






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






40. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






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






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






43. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


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






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






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






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






48. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






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