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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. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






2. 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.






3. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






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






7. '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






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


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






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






11. Focus is on: What is good?






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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


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






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






18. 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).






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






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






21. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






22. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






24. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Power is shared






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






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






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






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






37. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


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






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






41. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






49. 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.






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