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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. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Power is shared






10. 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


11. Focus is on: What is good?






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






13. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






14. 0-1.00 - Correspondence between 2 tests or measures - Standardized tests >0.9 - Classroom tests 0.7-0.8






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






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






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


18. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






19. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






21. Creating / Synthesis Construct - Develop - Formulate


22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






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






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






31. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. '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






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






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






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






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






43. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






46. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






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






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






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