Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) exam
What are Carper's 4 ways of knowing? What is the 5th 1. Empirical /scientific knowledge
way of knowing? 2. Personal knowing (how you would feel in the patient's position)
3.Ethical knowledge -understanding moral decisions
4. Aesthetic- understanding the situation of the patient at the moment
5. Unknowing- understanding that the nurse cannot know everything about the
patient and must learn from the patient's perspective
Which of Benner's five levels of nursing proficiency Novice- a beginner with no experience
describes a nurse who relies on general rules to help
perform tasks, uses rules that are context free and
universally applied, and has limited and inflexible
behavior?
Which of Benner's stages of proficiency refers to a Advanced beginner- a person who is at the point of demonstrating acceptable
person who has gained prior experience in actual performance
situations and can recognize some patterns and uses
principles based on experiences that are to be
formulated to guide action?
Which of Benner's stages of profiency refers to a Competent
person who has had experience in their role for 2-3
years and is aware of long term goals, has perspective
about planning care with conscious, abstract, and
analytical thinking and has greater efficiency and
organization?
Which of Benner's stages of proficiency refers to a Proficient
person who understands situations and patient
holistically and has improved decision makign, and can
be flexible and modify plans, and learns what to expect
in certain situations?
Which of Benner's stages refers to a person who no Expert
longer relies on principles, rules, or guidelines to
understand patient needs and determine actions and
has an intuitive grasp of practice situations and is highly
flexible and proficient?
What are Benner's five levels of nursing expertise? Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
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What are Carper's 4 ways of knowing? What is the 5th 1. Empirical /scientific knowledge
way of knowing? 2. Personal knowing (how you would feel in the patient's position)
3.Ethical knowledge -understanding moral decisions
4. Aesthetic- understanding the situation of the patient at the moment
5. Unknowing- understanding that the nurse cannot know everything about the
patient and must learn from the patient's perspective
Which of Benner's five levels of nursing proficiency Novice- a beginner with no experience
describes a nurse who relies on general rules to help
perform tasks, uses rules that are context free and
universally applied, and has limited and inflexible
behavior?
Which of Benner's stages of proficiency refers to a Advanced beginner- a person who is at the point of demonstrating acceptable
person who has gained prior experience in actual performance
situations and can recognize some patterns and uses
principles based on experiences that are to be
formulated to guide action?
Which of Benner's stages of profiency refers to a Competent
person who has had experience in their role for 2-3
years and is aware of long term goals, has perspective
about planning care with conscious, abstract, and
analytical thinking and has greater efficiency and
organization?
Which of Benner's stages of proficiency refers to a Proficient
person who understands situations and patient
holistically and has improved decision makign, and can
be flexible and modify plans, and learns what to expect
in certain situations?
Which of Benner's stages refers to a person who no Expert
longer relies on principles, rules, or guidelines to
understand patient needs and determine actions and
has an intuitive grasp of practice situations and is highly
flexible and proficient?
What are Benner's five levels of nursing expertise? Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
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