Helping you prepare for the NLN CNE exam.
SYNCHRONOUS
Live on Zoom on 10/3/26 and 10/4/26, from 8:00AM Central Time-4:30PM Central Time, with breaks/lunch built in.
ACCESS TO COURSE
Course access will be granted three days before the course begins. You can access the course as of 9/30/26 with a start date of 10/3/26. You will be able to access the course and files for three months from the start date (until 12/26/26).
Course Description
I look forward to assisting you as you prepare for the NLN CNE exam. I passed the CNE exam in 2018 and have helped thousands of faculty prepare for and pass the exam, across the country. I have been a nurse educator since 2013 (ADN, BSN, RN to BSN, RN to MSN, MSN, and DNP levels). My business, GP ACADEMY LLC, provides board certification review courses among other services for nurses. I invite you to join my two-day intensive CNE review that runs on 10/3/26 and 10/4/26 from 8:00-4:30PM Central Time, on Zoom. If you attend both full day sessions, and complete an evaluation, you will be awarded 13.75 contact hours.
I have thoroughly reviewed every book in the preparation reference list for the CNE exam and included the content in my teaching and materials. The review covers all criteria on the test blueprint. My review course is a mentoring program to enhance all areas of teaching, service, and scholarship. The exam is challenging, but those who take my review course and follow the study plan have a 98% pass rate on the CNE exam. Not only will I assist you in preparation for the exam, but be available to you after the review course ends for any questions you have and or clarification needed on content. I believe in mentoring and staying connected with those I assist.
Course Schedule
10/3/26 and 10/4/26, 8:00AM-4:30PM Central Time. Gina will log in both days at 7:30AM Central Time.
Content that Will be Reviewed (See Agenda Tab for More Specific Details)
Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Engage in Scholarship
Facilitate Learning
Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes
Function as Change Agent
Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement in the Academic Nurse Educator Role
Function Within the Organizational Environment and the Academic Community
Required Resources
*GP ACADEMY LLC CNE Review Course (day one and two)
*Caputi, L. (2020). Certified Nurse Educator Review Book: The Official NLN Guide to the CNE Exam (2nd Ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
*20 minutes of studying per day, over three months
*Engage one of the following options:
Option One: Take Gina’s CNE Practice Exam One and CNE Practice Exam Two, which each include 75 items. They can be purchased together on my website here: https://gpacademyservices.com/gp-academy-practice-exams-one-and-two-for-the-certified-nurse-educator-cne-exam/ for $75 in total. You will receive an assessment on your performance, answers and rationales to all items, and access to the exams for six months from the start date. The items have been written by Gina and five other CNE prepared faculty who have tested in the last one year. The items were then reviewed by a content panel of experts. Practice Exam One should be taken after four weeks of studying. Practice Exam Two should be taken after nine weeks of studying.
Option Two: Take the NLN Self-Assessment Exams (SAEs) Forms C and D. They each include 65 items and are purchased separately. The cost FOR EACH is $75 or $150 in total for NLN members or $85 for each or $170 in total for non-members. Take SAE Form C after week four weeks of studying. Take SAE Form D after nine weeks of studying.
Optional Resources
*Whittmann-Price, R., Godshall, M., & Wilson, L. (2018). Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Q&A Flashcards. Springer Publishing Company. (please note I found 2-3 errors in these flashcards).
*Study.com ($59.95 per month)
*Ignatavicius, D.D. (2023). Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Certified Nurse Educator Novice (CNEn) Exam Prep. Elsevier. (Note-this resource also prepares the novice educator, so some of the practice items will be at a simpler level.)
*Whitman, Price, R.A., Godshall, M., & Wilson, L. Certified Nurse Educator Exam: CNE Review Manual & Guide (6.8.4625) [Mobile app]. Springer Publishing Company/App Store. ($50 per month but there is a free option that provides ten practice items per day for 300 items in total.)
*ExamEdge (Various options for practice exams. Consider five exams for $69.75, which includes 500 practice questions.) https://www.examedge.com/nursing/nln/cne/nln-certified-nurse-educator-cne-cne-practice-tests.cfm
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
No one in control of content has relevant relationships with ineligible companies. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
It is recommended to attend all sessions. All sessions must be attended to obtain contact hours.
Contact hours will be awarded upon completing of the entire review course, evaluation with attesting to studying 20 minutes per day, and noting how you have made practice changes in teaching, services, and scholarship.
For exam eligibility, visit the website below.
https://www.nln.org/awards-recognition/cne/Certification-for-Nurse-Educatorscne/cne-eligibility
The course includes:
*information on the CNE Exam
*Two days of live teaching
*access to Gina before and after the review course for questions
*recordings of two-day review course
*slides with content and practice items
*study plan
*Notebook LM (AI assistive tool)
*answers with rationales to practice items
*tips and strategies for answering test items
*a practice exam (answers with rationales are provided)
*guidance and mentoring
*answers with rationales to SAEs if purchased
*CNE renewal information (renewal is every five years)
Gina’s review course is the most comprehensive in the market with the best price.
Day 1 Agenda
8:00AM-9:15AM Central Time
Introduction
Objectives
Value of Certification
Eligibility
CNE Handbook
Scheduling the Exam/Testing Options
Exam Format/Blueprint/Duration/Length/Scoring
Study Plan/Suggested Resources/SAEs
Maintenance/Tracking Log for CNE Renewal
Tips and Strategies for Answering Test Questions
9:15AM-11:15AM (Break from 10:00AM-10:15AM) Central Time
Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies/Practice Items (18 items on the exam)
- Design and apply formative and summative evaluation strategies
- Implement evidence-based assessment and evaluation strategies in these learning domains:
- Cognitive
- Psychomotor
- Affective
- Evaluate available methods for learner assessment and evaluation
- Create assessment methods to evaluate outcomes
- Implement evaluation methods that are congruent with learner and learning outcomes
- Analyze assessment and evaluation data
- Apply assessment and evaluation data to enhance the teaching-learning process
- Inform learners about assessment and evaluation criteria
- Provide timely, constructive, and thoughtful feedback to learners
11:15AM-12:15PM Central Time
Engage in Scholarship/Practice Items (7 items on the exam)
- Foster a culture of scholarly inquiry
- Demonstrate qualities of a scholar: integrity, courage, perseverance, vitality, and creativity
- Design and implement scholarly activities
- Disseminate the outcomes of scholarly activities
12:15PM-1:00PM Central Time
Lunch
1:00PM-2:30PM Central Time
Facilitate Learning/Practice Items (47 items on the exam)
- Implement a variety of active teaching and learning strategies appropriate to:
- Content/concepts
- Setting
- Learner attributes and needs
- Learner outcomes
- Method of delivery
- Use of teaching and learning strategies based on:
- Educational theories
- Evidence-based practices related to education
- Modify teaching strategies and learning experiences based on consideration of learners’:
- Diversity
- Social determinants of learning (i.e., physical health, psychosocial health, economic stability, physical environment, and self-motivation)
- Past clinical, educational, and life experiences
- Generational Groups
- Use technologies to support the teaching-learning process
- Communicate effectively to convey ideas in a variety of contexts
- Model reflective thinking practices
- Create opportunities for learners to develop clinical judgment
- Ensure a positive and safe learning environment
- Model attributes that facilitate learning (e.g., caring, confidence, patience, integrity, respect, flexibility, resilience, enthusiasm)
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with healthcare and education partners
- Apply concepts of evidence-based practice in nursing to guide teaching
2:30PM-2:45PM Central Time
Break
2:45PM-4:00PM Central Time
Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization/Practice Items (18 items on the exam)
- Identify learner attributes and needs based on consideration of learners’:
- Diversity
- Social determinants of learning (i.e., physical health, psychosocial health, economic stability, physical environment, and self-motivation)
- Past clinical, educational, and life experiences
- Facilitate access to various resources to support diverse learners
- Assist learners to identify and develop a plan to meet professional goals
- Facilitate learners’ self-reflection, goal setting, and socialization to the role of the nurse
- Engage learners in thoughtful and constructive self and peer evaluation
- Promote professional development of learners
4:00PM-4:30PM Central Time
Q&A
Day 2 Agenda
8:00AM-8:20AM Central Time
Questions or Clarification from Day 1
8:20AM-10:00AM Central Time
Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes/Practice Items (13 items on the exam)
- Provide input for the development of nursing program standards and policies regarding:
- Admission
- Progression and retention
- Graduation
- Demonstrate knowledge of curriculum development including:
- Developing program outcomes and/or competency statements
- Writing content objectives and course outcomes
- Selecting learning activities and clinical experiences consistent with course outcomes
- Designing evaluation strategies consistent with course and program outcomes
- Design the curriculum to reflect:
- Institutional philosophy and mission
- Current nursing and healthcare trends
- Community, clinical partners, and societal needs
- Nursing principles, standards, theory, and research
- Educational principles, theory, research, and innovation
- Use of technology
- Mode of educational delivery
- Lead the development of curriculum design
- Lead the development of course design
- Design program evaluation that promotes continuous quality improvement
- Implement the program evaluation plan
- Analyze results of program evaluation
- Revise the curriculum based on evaluation of:
- Program outcomes
- Learner needs
- Societal and health care trends
- Stakeholder feedback (e.g., learners, agency personnel, accrediting agencies, advisory boards, community, and clinical partners)
- Implement curricular revisions using change theories and evidence-based strategies
- Evaluate the program evaluation plan
10:00AM-10:15AM Central Time
Break
10:15AM-11:30AM Central Time
Function as a Change Agent and Leader/Practice Items (9 items on the exam)
- Evaluate organizational effectiveness to determine needed change
- Adapt to changes created by external factors
- Create a culture for change within the nursing program and institution
- Design, implement, and evaluate strategies for change
- Model principles for diversity, equity, and inclusivity when advocating for change
- Serve as a leader to promote nursing and nursing education
- Facilitate interprofessional education and collaboration to impact health and educational outcomes
- Advocate for nursing, nursing education, and higher education
- Manage conflict effectively
11:30AM-12:15PM, and Resume After Lunch 1:00PM-1:40PM Central Time
Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement in the Academic Nurse Educator Role/Practice Items (9 items on the exam)
- Participate actively in professional nursing and educational organizations
- Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning
- Use feedback gained from self, peer, learner, and administrative evaluation to improve role effectiveness
- Stay current with legal practices and ethical codes relevant to nursing and educational settings
- Remain informed with healthcare policy relevant to nursing and educational settings
- Seek mentors for professional development in the academic nurse educator role
- Engage in self-reflection and self-care to improve teaching practices
12:15PM-1:00PM Central Time
Lunch
1:40PM-3:10PM Central Time
Function within the Organizational Environment and the Academic Community/Practice Items (9 items on the exam)
- Analyze the impact of social, technological, economic, political, and institutional factors on nursing and higher education
- Apply knowledge of historical and current trends and issues to decision making in nursing and higher education
- Integrate the values of civility, collegiality, professionalism, and caring to build an organizational climate that fosters the development of learners and colleagues
- Demonstrate support of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to align with organization’s mission and vision
- Incorporate the mission and goals of the nursing program and the parent institution when managing issues
- Mange the teaching, scholarship, and service demands congruent with the requirements of the institutional setting
- Serve as a leader in governance and activities within the nursing program and/or parent institution
- Use social media in a manner consistent with professional and institutional guidelines
- Provide input into the budgetary processes of the program and parent institution
- Maintain professional role boundaries as an educator
- Seek opportunities to mentor and support faculty colleagues to optimize role of an academic nurse educator
- Participate in the development of policies and procedures related to learners, faculty, and the educational environment
3:10PM-4:00PM Central Time
Break
Mini Practice Exam
4:00PM-4:30PM Central Time
Q&A
Evaluation/Certificate with Contact Hours
Once you register for the course by clicking “purchase course”, you will use the username and password you created to sign into the website (www.gpacademyservices.com) each time you want to access the course. You will have access to the course three days before the course begins. A detailed email with a reminder and how the course will work will be sent one week before the review course starts (to the email you registered with). Check Junk spam/junk folder just in case. The instructions to log into the website and access the purchased course are below. Consider the course to be similar to a course in a learning management system.
- Go to the website www.gpacademyservices.com
- Click on sign in (right upper corner)
- Sign in with the UN or email and PW you created when you registered. You can reset your password if you forgot it.
- Click on Account
- Click on Dashboard
- Scroll down the page to see courses purchased and click on the Two-Day Intensive CNE Review Course (10/3/26-10/4/26 Cohort)
- Click on each section + symbol to expand the areas of the course
- Feel free to download files. You are welcome to save them but they cannot be altered or shared with anyone else, as they are copyrighted.
There are no refunds once the course has been purchased. Due to the low cost of the course and transaction fees, it would not be possible to refund the full cost of the course. For example, seven to ten dollars of every transaction is taken by PayPal and Stripe for processing payments.
