Final Spring 2026

Legal

100

I am the name of what happens when a patient is a danger to themselves or other or due to mental illness is in danger to self or others. 

Involuntary hold

200

I am a legal determination by the judge regarding the ability to make reasonable decisions

competence 

300

I am the right to patient's self determination

autonomy

400

I am the legal term when a nurse finds out a patient is being abused. 

Mandatory reporting

500

I am the nursing ethical principles that guides the nurse when placing an aggressive patient into restraints that minimizes their risk of harm while preserving the client's personal safety. 

Beneficence

Medications

100

I am an anxiety medication class that may be habit forming, cause physical dependence and may result in life-threatening withdrawal if abruptly stopped. 

benzodiazepines. 

200

I am the medication nurse gives to a patient who is recovery from opioids

suboxone 

(methadone is correct also)

300

I am a delayed onset type of EPS after taking antipsychotic medications that may cause facial movements such as lip-smacking and tongue protrusion. 

tardive dyskinesia

400

I am the medication that decreases craving for alcohol and opioids

naltrexone (vivitrol)

500

I am the dopamine pathway that may produce galactorrhea when a patient is taking an antipsychotic

tuberoinfundibular pathway

MSE

100

I am the term that describes a sensory perception that feels real, but is created in the mind without external stimuli 

hallucinations

200

I am the term used to describe little emotional response and emotions. 

flat affect

300

I am a type of self-disclosure that a nurse can't hide. 

unavoidable self-disclosure

400

delusions and hallucinations are examples of me. 

positive symptoms

500

I am the term that describes when clients unconsciously transfer feelings from the past onto the nurse. 

transference

PTSD/Grief

100

I am the diagnosis that occurs with the symptoms of flashbacks, nightmares, and feelings "on edge"

ptsd

200

I am the type of grief that is not openly acknowledged, when society fails to recongize a person's grief. 

disenfranchised grief 

300

A death of a loved one is can be considered this type of crisis 

situational

400

I am the 3 phase model of the cycle of intimate partner violence

Walker's 

500

I am one type of nonpharmacological therapy used in the recovery of trauma

Prolonged Exposure therapy

Misc

100

Please watch out for me when taking clozapine (clozaril)

Agranulocytosis

200

I give poor sleep quality when taken to fall asleep. 

alcohol

300

I am the group phase that includes establishing goals, structure, communication and expected behaviors. 

Orientation phase

400

I am a well known assessment for testing cognition. 

Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

500

I am a sleep disorder that can cause systemic hypertension, a-fib, depression, anxiety. Treat me with appliances that apply postive airway pressure. 

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSA)