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Introducing the CNE Exam and Its Blueprint
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BRENDA REAP-THOMPSON
Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires
an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s
or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead
canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the
living body, the temple of God’s spirit? It is one of the Fine
Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.
—Florence Nightingale (1860)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Identify the processes to best prepare for the Certified Nurse Educator
(CNE ® ) examination
• Utilize the tips for success to promote understanding and learning of key
concepts
• Demonstrate time-management skills to enhance studying
• Integrate standards from practice into information that is outlined in the
CNE test blueprint
• Improve comprehension by eliminating anxiety related to test taking
• Utilize technology to track competencies in preparation for completion of
the 5-year recertification activity record
Nurse educator certification comes at a time in history when nursing is actively
recruiting advanced practiced nurses into the educational realm. This recruitment
process is imperative to offset the current and impending nursing shortage taking
place in the United States today. The shortage is actually twofold: There is a lack of
nurses and there is a lack of nurse educators. Federal projections indicate the demand
for registered nurses (RNs) in hospitals will climb by 26% by 2020. The U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics (2012) determines that the nursing shortage will expand as health
care continues to branch out into community-based primary care and outpatient sites.
However, job availability is directly related to the region, number of graduates per
year, and the increase in the number of experienced nurses who could have retired
but continue to work because of the state of the economy, type of health care facility,
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