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HOW TO OBTAIN CONTact hours BY
READING THIS ISSUE
Instructions: 2.3 contact hours will be awarded for this activity.
A contact hour is 60 minutes of instruction. This is a Learnerpaced Program. Vindico Medical Education does not require
submission of the quiz answers. A contact hour certificate will
be awarded 4-6 weeks following receipt of your completed
Registration Form, including the Evaluation portion. To obtain
contact hours:
1.Read the article: “Asking Questions and Appreciating
Inquiry: A Winning Strategy for the Nurse Educator and
Professional Nurse Learner,” on pages 106-110, carefully
noting the tables and other illustrative materials that are
provided to enhance your knowledge and understanding
of the content.
2.Read each question and record your answers. After
completing all questions, compare your answers to those
provided within this issue.
3. Type or print your full name and address and your Social
Security number in the spaces provided on the Registration
Form. Indicate the total time spent on the activity (reading
article and completing quiz). Forms and quizzes cannot be
processed if this section is incomplete. All participants are
required by the accreditation agency to attest to the time
spent completing the activity.
4. Forward the completed Registration Form with your
check or money order for $20 made payable to JCENCNE. Payment must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S.
bank. CNE Registration Forms are accepted up to 24
months from date of issue.
Vindico Medical Education is an approved provider of
continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State
Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission
on Accreditation. P188-6/09-12.
This activity is co-provided by Vindico Medical Education
and The Journal of Continuing Education in
Nursing.
Objectives: After studying the article, “Asking Questions
and Appreciating Inquiry: A Winning Strategy for the Nurse
Educator and Professional Nurse Learner,” in this issue, the
participant will:
1. Identify three positive learner outcomes when questions
are employed as a teaching-learning strategy in the
classroom or clinical setting.
2. Describe the components of a well-constructed question.
3. Differentiate among content, process, and premise questions.
4. Discuss the use of Socratic questioning when conducting
a lesson dealing with an ethical dilemma.
doi:10.3928/00220124-20120223-23
Asking Questions and Appreciating
Inquiry: A Winning Strategy for the
Nurse Educator and Professional
Nurse Learner
1. The purpose of asking thought-provoking questions is to:
A. Establish control over a classroom session.
B. Emphasize correct answers for learners to use in
clinical settings.
C. Encourage learners to expand their capacity to find
innovative solutions.
D. Focus learners on crucial definitive tenets and concepts.
2. Asking questions regarding nursing concepts and
practice is:
A. Appropriate when employed by the instructor.
B. Inappropriate when employed by the student.
C. Counterproductive to the learning process.
D. Considered to be a professional responsibility.
3. A well-constructed question should:
A. Have one specific, clearly defined answer.
B. Have content that far exceeds learners’ scope of
understanding.
C. Lack clarity to stimulate critical thinking.
D. Have customization of content based on learners’
level of understanding.
4. A question that has more than one possible answer
will serve to:
A. Facilitate differing approaches to dealing with a problem.
B. Decrease confidence in ability to solve problems.
C. Increase the tension in the learning environment.
D. Inhibit a greater understanding among self and others.
5. According to Cranton (2006), the purpose of a content question is to:
A. Raise learners’ insight regarding basic assumptions
and beliefs.
B. Explore why learners value certain beliefs.
C. Identify how learners come to hold a certain perspective.
D. Increase integration of skills.
6. A premise question is employed as a teaching
strategy to:
A. Influence learners to change their opinion of a concept.
B. Explore why learners value or hold certain perspectives.
C. Raise awareness about basic assumptions.
D. Address various scenarios and situations.
7. Questions that allow learners to share meanings
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and interpretations from others’ points of view and better support their interpretations are called:
A. Confrontational questions.
B. Content questions.
C. Socratic questions.
D. Situational questions.
Please register me for the Learner-paced Program for
2.3 contact hours.
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8. The use of questions as a teaching strategy can
also benefit nurse educators by:
A. Decreasing the amount of time needed to prepare for
a lesson.
B. Assessing gaps in knowledge that exist among the
learners.
C. Establishing a hierarchy in the classroom.
D. Increasing the speed by which content can be addressed.
Address
9. The nurse educator who demonstrates appropriate
strategies in asking questions as part of a lesson:
A. Allows the class to participate without maintaining
notes on student responses to questions.
B. Values the correct answer and goes through the
group until the answer is provided.
C. Uses deliberate silence to allow students to think
about possible options and alternatives.
D. Stays within the predetermined number of questions
developed for the session.
Position:_________________________________________
10. The use of Socratic questioning when discussing
an ethical dilemma in the clinical setting can provide
which of the following benefits to students:
A. Definitive answers to the ethical dilemma.
B. A means for the group to reach a unified decision.
C. The ability to view the dilemma from a scientific and
objective perspective.
D. The development of self-learning strategies to use in
other circumstances.
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EVALUATION
Must be completed for contact hour certificate to be awarded.
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1. The content of the article was accurately described
by the learning objectives:
• Identify three positive learner outcomes when questions are employed as a
teaching-learning strategy in the classroom or clinical setting.
• Describe the components of a well-constructed question.
• Differentiate among content, process, and premise questions.
• Discuss the use of Socratic questioning when conducting a lesson dealing
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with an ethical dilemma.
2. The content met my educational needs.
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. A
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6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. D
3. The content was relevant to my nursing practice.
4. How much time was required to read the article
and take the quiz?
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(minutes)
5. Please list the topics that you would like to see future activities
address: ______________________________________________
Code: JCEN 0312