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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. Occurs while learning process is unfolding.






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






3. 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






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






5. Frames issues & provides choices for faculty






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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).


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






12. Collaborative learning - Socratic questioning - Debates






13. Focus is on: What is truth?






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. '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






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


26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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


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






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






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






48. Power is shared






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






50. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration