Here are 100 questions with correct answers covering the 15 specified nursing topics (NURS 161–175).
Each topic is represented by 6–8 questions to ensure comprehensive coverage.
NURS 161 – Nursing Education Principles
1. What is the primary role of a nurse educator according to the NLN Competencies?
Answer: To facilitate learning, promote learner development and socialization, use assessment and
evaluation strategies, participate in curriculum design, and function as a change agent and leader.
2. Which educational theory emphasizes learning through experience, reflection, and conceptualization?
Answer: Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory.
3. In Bloom’s Taxonomy, what is the highest level of cognitive learning?
Answer: Creating (synthesizing information to generate new ideas).
4. What is the primary difference between andragogy and pedagogy?
Answer: Andragogy (adult learning) focuses on self-directed, experiential, and problem-centered
learning, while pedagogy (child learning) is teacher-directed and content-centered.
5. What is the purpose of formative evaluation in nursing education?
Answer: To monitor student learning during the instructional process to provide ongoing feedback for
improvement.
6. What does "scaffolding" refer to in clinical education?
Answer: Providing temporary support to students to help them achieve a task they cannot yet do
independently, gradually removing support as competence increases.
, NURS 162 – Nursing Curriculum Development
7. What is the first step in the curriculum development process?
Answer: Needs assessment (identifying the needs of stakeholders, the healthcare environment, and the
learners).
8. What is the difference between a concept-based curriculum and a traditional curriculum?
Answer: A concept-based curriculum organizes content around broad concepts (e.g., oxygenation,
inflammation) rather than specific diseases, promoting critical thinking and transfer of knowledge.
9. What is "curriculum mapping"?
Answer: A process to document and align the curriculum to ensure that outcomes, content, teaching
strategies, and assessments are coherent and meet accreditation standards.
10. Which accrediting body sets standards for baccalaureate nursing programs in the US?
Answer: CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) or ACEN (Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing).
11. What is a "threaded concept" in curriculum design?
Answer: A critical concept (e.g., ethics, safety, evidence-based practice) that is integrated across all
courses and levels of the curriculum.
12. What is the purpose of a program-level Student Learning Outcome (SLO)?
Answer: To define the broad knowledge, skills, and attitudes that graduates are expected to
demonstrate upon program completion.
NURS 163 – Clinical Teaching Strategies
Each topic is represented by 6–8 questions to ensure comprehensive coverage.
NURS 161 – Nursing Education Principles
1. What is the primary role of a nurse educator according to the NLN Competencies?
Answer: To facilitate learning, promote learner development and socialization, use assessment and
evaluation strategies, participate in curriculum design, and function as a change agent and leader.
2. Which educational theory emphasizes learning through experience, reflection, and conceptualization?
Answer: Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory.
3. In Bloom’s Taxonomy, what is the highest level of cognitive learning?
Answer: Creating (synthesizing information to generate new ideas).
4. What is the primary difference between andragogy and pedagogy?
Answer: Andragogy (adult learning) focuses on self-directed, experiential, and problem-centered
learning, while pedagogy (child learning) is teacher-directed and content-centered.
5. What is the purpose of formative evaluation in nursing education?
Answer: To monitor student learning during the instructional process to provide ongoing feedback for
improvement.
6. What does "scaffolding" refer to in clinical education?
Answer: Providing temporary support to students to help them achieve a task they cannot yet do
independently, gradually removing support as competence increases.
, NURS 162 – Nursing Curriculum Development
7. What is the first step in the curriculum development process?
Answer: Needs assessment (identifying the needs of stakeholders, the healthcare environment, and the
learners).
8. What is the difference between a concept-based curriculum and a traditional curriculum?
Answer: A concept-based curriculum organizes content around broad concepts (e.g., oxygenation,
inflammation) rather than specific diseases, promoting critical thinking and transfer of knowledge.
9. What is "curriculum mapping"?
Answer: A process to document and align the curriculum to ensure that outcomes, content, teaching
strategies, and assessments are coherent and meet accreditation standards.
10. Which accrediting body sets standards for baccalaureate nursing programs in the US?
Answer: CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) or ACEN (Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing).
11. What is a "threaded concept" in curriculum design?
Answer: A critical concept (e.g., ethics, safety, evidence-based practice) that is integrated across all
courses and levels of the curriculum.
12. What is the purpose of a program-level Student Learning Outcome (SLO)?
Answer: To define the broad knowledge, skills, and attitudes that graduates are expected to
demonstrate upon program completion.
NURS 163 – Clinical Teaching Strategies
