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






2. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






4. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






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






8. 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.






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. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






19. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


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






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






22. '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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






30. Power is shared






31. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






32. 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






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






34. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






36. 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).


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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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