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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. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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


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






7. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. '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






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






38. 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).


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


40. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






41. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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