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CERTIFIED NURSE EDUCATOR PREP QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS [SCORE A] 2025
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Average adult learning span? - correct answers between 15-20 minutes Upper division students should be able to read how many pages per week for a class?
- correct answers 100 - 150 pages Most effective teaching strategy for abstract concepts? - correct answers Use real-life concrete examples to help students find meaning Critical element to consider when using objective structure clinical evaluation? - correct answers All students should have the same experience and receive same questions What are the 3 R's of mentoring? - correct answers Reflecting, Reframing, Resolving When mentoring- Reflecting is what? - correct answers Discussing/sharing experiences, setting ground rules, getting to know each other, establishing goals- mentor must practice active listening and ask questions of the student When mentoring- Reframing is considered: - correct answers Evaluating and providing feedback to allow student to gain confidence. Mentor encourages students to come up with solutions to problems When mentoring- Resolving is: - correct answers Developing new problem-solving skills and action plans that all the student to act independently
ecological validity - correct answers Considers the effect the environment of testing has on student's behavior What is face validity? - correct answers Validity based on personal opinion- weakest form of validity because it's based on subjective analysis What are Dave's psychomotor taxonomy? - correct answers Imitation, Manipulation, Precision, Articulation, Naturalization Krathwol's affective taxonomy? - correct answers Receiving, Responding, Valuing, Organization, Characterization Krathwol's Receiving - correct answers 1st level- accepting, listening to situation Krathwol's Responding - correct answers 2nd level- Complying with- responding to situation Krathwol's Valuing - correct answers 3rd level- Supporting, debating, valuing a situation Krathwol's Organization - correct answers 4th level- Discussing or examining values in terms of those already held to internalize them
What is the most common reliability coefficient range for classroom examinations? - correct answers 0.7-0.8- good reliability but a few questions may be too hard or too easy and should be revised What reliability coefficient would suggest an examination should be revised? - correct answers 0.5-0.6 unless it is very short <10 questions Principle of Indemnification - correct answers Allows institution to sue an employee to regain money they had to pay out due to the employee's actions- IE- you screwed up, patient died- family sued hospital- won- now hospital sues to in order to reclaim money lost Discriminating questions on an exam would reflect? - correct answers Upper third of the students will answer the questions correctly What would increase the nurse's socialization to the role of nurse educator? - correct answers Mentoring- able to help the nurse educator navigate new situation Lewin's Change Model - correct answers unfreezing, changing, refreezing- driving and restraining forces need to be evaluated What is the primary purpose of the American Nurses Advocacy Institute? - correct answers To train nurses to become political leaders- ANA sponsors the 12-month program
Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations Theory - correct answers being able to accept new "innovation" through 5 stages- Knowledge, persuasion, Decision, Implementation, and Confirmation. Critical element in peer evalaution - correct answers Providing concrete examples to support scoring External validity refers to: - correct answers extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings Observational learning experience - correct answers Is a type of clinical experience that provides education but does not involve direct contact or interaction with patients- such as watching an autopsy What type of diagram shows cause and effect? - correct answers Ishikawa "fishbone" diagram is an analysis tool that is used to analyze cause and effect. Benefits of student-centered learning? - correct answers Students are more likely to retain the information better, active form of learning requiring engagement What may be considered a draw-back to student-centered learning? - correct answers Creating/planning effective student-centered learning activities may be time consuming and more difficult that planning lectures.
Philosophy of evaluation: Judgemental - correct answers Focuses on grading, pass or fail, results of testing Philosophy of evaluation: constructivist - correct answers Allows input from variety of sources that have vested interest in student's abilities- patients/clinical staff Average sentence length in college textbooks - correct answers About 25 words. 29+ words are appropriate for graduate level but may be too complex for beginning college students Most important focus of patient education - correct answers Self-care in terms of medical treatment and preventive medicine- we must teach our patients how to care for themselves- would be a focus for students to understand Quirk's classification of teaching styles - correct answers Sugggestive Assertive Collaborative Facilitative Quirk's- Suggestive teaching style - correct answers Giving a beginning point and then having them do further research Quirk's- Assertive teaching style - correct answers Focused on content and passing information along- lecture
Quirk's- Facilitative teaching style - correct answers Challenges student to develop and use learning skills and demonstrate learning skills Quirk's Collaborative teaching style - correct answers Problem-solving exercises to promote critical thinking Kolb's Learning Styles - correct answers Accommodating, Diverging, Converging, Assimilating Kolb's Assimilator - correct answers Watching and Thinking prefers observations/abstract thinking
Evidenced-based education reflects that - correct answers There are better outcomes when students demonstrate skills prior to performing them- lowers anxiety and increases confidence Benner's stages of nursing proficiency - correct answers 1. Novice
Types of Readiness to Learn - correct answers Physical Readiness Emotional Readiness Experiential Readiness Knowledge Readiness Difference between field-dependent and field-independent learner - correct answers Field-dependent is easily influenced and affected by criticism-influenced by feedback, conforms to peer/social norms, prefers discussion to lecture- field-independent learners are not influenced by feedback or criticism, do not conform for peer/social norms- prefer lectures to discussion Carper's Four Patterns of Knowing - correct answers Empirical Aesthetic Personal Ethical Carper's Empirical Way of Knowing - correct answers focus on facts, theories, laws, science of nursing Carper's Aesthetic Way of Knowing - correct answers Focus on knowledge gained through subjective means as well as subjective expression
Learning style- Type 4: Dynamic - correct answers McCarthy- Students want to know about different possibilities and enjoy modifying, risk taking, and creating something new What information must be shared with a student who is failing and may be expelled? - correct answers Problem-Solution-Time Frame- Consequences Which elements should be congruent when evaluating a curricular design? - correct answers Objectives, outcomes, subject matter, and learning activities- everything should align- objective and outcomes should link to mission/philosophy- course objectives should link to program objectives What is illegitimate curricula? - correct answers Taught but not evaluated- such as caring, empathy, compassion What is operational curricula? - correct answers Content such as knowledge and skills that is actually taught and evaluated What is null curriculum? - correct answers Behavior, skills and content that are not taught- such as critical thinking What is the hidden curriculum? - correct answers transmitting social norms, attitudes, and beliefs to students through the education institution
Taught unconsciously through modeling- values, interactions, beliefs Most common model of education historically in nursing? - correct answers Behaviorism- focuses on positive reinforcement to provide motivation to learn with information provided by instruction in an organized manner Nursing theory based on the concept of self care? - correct answers Dorothy Orem- focused on self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing systems KSVME conceptual framework - correct answers K- nursing knowledge S-Nursing Skills V- Nursing Values M- nursing meanings E- nursing experience Bevis's 6 types of learning - correct answers 6 types of learning: Item- able to see simple relationships Directive- able to learn rules, requirements, exceptions Rational- able to use theory to make rational decisions Syntactic- able to gain insight by recognizing patterns and relationships Contextual- able to accept cultural rules, norms Inquiry- able to investigate, research, to develop ideas and vision
Delphi Method - correct answers Helps determine consensus- questionnaire, completed anonymously- reviewed, data shared- and then next round of voting until consensus reached Three determinants of learning - correct answers Needs, Readiness, Learning Style Maximum words per slide on PowerPoint? - correct answers 25 words per slide- font size should be 30 Considerations for purchase of instructional materials? - correct answers Delivery system, Content, Presentation What level should patient education be written at? - correct answers 5th grade level Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences - correct answers 8.5 defined types of intelligence: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, visual-spatial, bodily- kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, existential item discrimination index - correct answers Ranges from - 1.0-1.
0.4- excellent 0.3-.39- good but could some revision 0.2-.29- marginal, needs to be improved 0.2-.19- requires revision
0 - 0.09- reject or accept multiple answers <0- reject Gender Insensitivity in research - correct answers Occurs when one gender is over- represented in a sampling, leading to the conclusion that one gender reflects the norm for both genders SQ3R Method - correct answers Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review Classroom Organization and Management Program focuses on: - correct answers Rules and Procedures so students can have clear expectations and boundaries to help prevent problems Kounin - correct answers "With-it-ness" an awareness of what is happening in their classroom to manage it and create smooth transitions- students feel safe Constructivism - correct answers Piaget- A philosophy of learning based on the premise that people construct their own understanding of the world they live in through reflection on experiences Built on previous knowledge Active learning