CNE Practice Questions with All Correct
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Which one of the following techniques includes clarifying questions to help determine
best approach?
Case studies
Problem-based learning
Reflective learning.
Socratic questioning - Answer-reflective learning includes clarifying questions
The clinical educator issues a learning contract to her nursing student for what
purpose?
In order to award a clinical warning
To protect the faculty against litigation.
To assist student in meeting the clinical objectives
In order to award a failing grade - Answer-To assist student in meeting the clinical
objectives
The nurse educator is collecting data to analyze information that can improve instruction
and student learning while it is happening. Which of the following best explains this type
of assessment?
Summative assessment
Formative assessment
Diagnostic assessment
Impact assessment - Answer-Formative assessment
provides the student feedback for improvement.
The clinical educator observes a student not coming forward with needed, pertinent
information to a team member from another discipline. The clinical nurse educator
should:
,Remove the student from the situation
Tell the student to talk with the team member privately
Discuss the situation with the student - Answer-Assist the student in developing this skill
Yes, you need to assess what this student knows and develop strategies to assist -
perhaps role modeling the behavior.
The clinical nurse educator assesses the clinical decision-making skills of the student by
which means?
Care plan review
Concept map
Debriefing
Bedside questioning - Answer-Bedside questioning
Yes, an active strategy for assessing the student's decision-making skills.
What strategy helps develop clinical expertise?
Use real-life scenarios
Administer content exams
Concept maps
Review case studies - Answer-Use real-life scenarios
Yes, you are correct. Real situations and how to respond.
The student asks the clinical nurse educator to eat dinner with the clinical group at a
restaurant. The nurse educator should:
Accept the invitation but only stay 30 minutes
Decline with no explanation
Explain to the student that it is better that they go to dinner by themselves.
Accept the invitation and suggest your favorite restaurant with a band and bar. -
Answer-Explain to the student that it is better that they go to dinner by themselves.
Yes, boundaries must be maintained.
The educator grades all the students' care maps in the clinical group and places them in
a pile from best to worst and assigns grades. This is an evaluation process known as:
Assessment evaluation
, Norm-based evaluation
Subjective evaluation
Criterion-based evaluation - Answer-Norm-based evaluation
Yes, the students are being ranked.
What is the purpose of distractors in multiple-choice questions?
To confuse students
To provide additional information
To distract from the correct answer
To make the question longer - Answer-To distract from the correct answer
How is item difficulty determined in nursing education assessments?
By the length of the question
By the complexity of the content
By the number of distractors
By the popularity of the topic - Answer-By the complexity of the content
What does item discrimination assess in nursing education assessments?
The clarity of the question
The ability of the question to differentiate between high and low-performing students
The popularity of the topic
The length of the question - Answer-The ability of the question to differentiate between
high and low-performing students
Which cognitive skill in Bloom's Taxonomy involves the synthesis or evaluation of
information in nursing education assessments?
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze - Answer-Analyze
In nursing education, what is crucial for a well-constructed clinical scenario question?
Simplicity
Complexity
Ambiguity
Relevance - Answer-Relevance
In nursing education assessments, what ensures that a test measures what it intends to
measure?
Answers 2025 Latest Update
Which one of the following techniques includes clarifying questions to help determine
best approach?
Case studies
Problem-based learning
Reflective learning.
Socratic questioning - Answer-reflective learning includes clarifying questions
The clinical educator issues a learning contract to her nursing student for what
purpose?
In order to award a clinical warning
To protect the faculty against litigation.
To assist student in meeting the clinical objectives
In order to award a failing grade - Answer-To assist student in meeting the clinical
objectives
The nurse educator is collecting data to analyze information that can improve instruction
and student learning while it is happening. Which of the following best explains this type
of assessment?
Summative assessment
Formative assessment
Diagnostic assessment
Impact assessment - Answer-Formative assessment
provides the student feedback for improvement.
The clinical educator observes a student not coming forward with needed, pertinent
information to a team member from another discipline. The clinical nurse educator
should:
,Remove the student from the situation
Tell the student to talk with the team member privately
Discuss the situation with the student - Answer-Assist the student in developing this skill
Yes, you need to assess what this student knows and develop strategies to assist -
perhaps role modeling the behavior.
The clinical nurse educator assesses the clinical decision-making skills of the student by
which means?
Care plan review
Concept map
Debriefing
Bedside questioning - Answer-Bedside questioning
Yes, an active strategy for assessing the student's decision-making skills.
What strategy helps develop clinical expertise?
Use real-life scenarios
Administer content exams
Concept maps
Review case studies - Answer-Use real-life scenarios
Yes, you are correct. Real situations and how to respond.
The student asks the clinical nurse educator to eat dinner with the clinical group at a
restaurant. The nurse educator should:
Accept the invitation but only stay 30 minutes
Decline with no explanation
Explain to the student that it is better that they go to dinner by themselves.
Accept the invitation and suggest your favorite restaurant with a band and bar. -
Answer-Explain to the student that it is better that they go to dinner by themselves.
Yes, boundaries must be maintained.
The educator grades all the students' care maps in the clinical group and places them in
a pile from best to worst and assigns grades. This is an evaluation process known as:
Assessment evaluation
, Norm-based evaluation
Subjective evaluation
Criterion-based evaluation - Answer-Norm-based evaluation
Yes, the students are being ranked.
What is the purpose of distractors in multiple-choice questions?
To confuse students
To provide additional information
To distract from the correct answer
To make the question longer - Answer-To distract from the correct answer
How is item difficulty determined in nursing education assessments?
By the length of the question
By the complexity of the content
By the number of distractors
By the popularity of the topic - Answer-By the complexity of the content
What does item discrimination assess in nursing education assessments?
The clarity of the question
The ability of the question to differentiate between high and low-performing students
The popularity of the topic
The length of the question - Answer-The ability of the question to differentiate between
high and low-performing students
Which cognitive skill in Bloom's Taxonomy involves the synthesis or evaluation of
information in nursing education assessments?
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyze - Answer-Analyze
In nursing education, what is crucial for a well-constructed clinical scenario question?
Simplicity
Complexity
Ambiguity
Relevance - Answer-Relevance
In nursing education assessments, what ensures that a test measures what it intends to
measure?
