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






2. '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






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


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






5. Analyzing - Evaluating - Creating






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Demonstration - Followed by practice - Return demonstration






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






15. 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).


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






17. Remembering - Understanding - Applying






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






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






20. 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






21. Reasoning - Inference - Interpretation- Knowledge - Open-mindedness






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






23. Occurs when questions involve problem solving






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






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






26. Power is shared






27. 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.






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






29. 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






30. Focus is on: What is good?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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).






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






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






42. Critique - Evaluate - Judge






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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


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






50. Excellent critical thinking teaching strategy