Foundations of MI
Core Skills (OARS)
Working with Ambivalence
Role of the Coach/Nurse
Halloween Potpourri
200

The main purpose of Motivational Interviewing is to help members strengthen this.

What is their own motivation for change?

200

The “O” in OARS stands for this.

What are open-ended questions?

200

Feeling torn between change and staying the same is called this.

What is ambivalence?

200

In MI, the role of the coach/nurse is not to direct, but to do this.

What is guide?

200

This name was created by taking the phonetic pronunciation of the original Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum’s initials L-F-B.

What is Elphaba?

400

These are the four core elements of the MI spirit.

What are Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion, and Evocation (PACE)?

400

Offering genuine recognition of a member’s strengths is known as this.

What is an affirmation?

400

MI views ambivalence as this, rather than resistance.

What is a normal part of the change process?

400

Instead of telling a member what to do, a coach/nurse supports this.

What is the member’s autonomy?

400

From top to bottom, these are the three colors in candy corn

What are white, orange, and yellow?

600

This MI approach avoids the common reflex to set the member right.

What is the fixing reflex?

600

This skill involves restating or paraphrasing what a member has said.

What is reflection?

600

A reflection that captures both sustain talk and change talk is called this.

What is a double-sided reflection?

600

A coach/nurse avoids giving premature advice by first doing this.

What is asking permission or exploring readiness?

600

The fear of ghosts, often associated with Halloween, is known by this scientific term.

What is Phasmophobia?

800

These four processes guide the flow of an MI conversation.

What are engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning?

800

Briefly pulling together what the member has shared is this MI skill.

What is summarizing?

800

“Softening sustain talk” means doing this instead of confronting.

What is accepting and exploring the member’s perspective?

800

In MI, the coach/nurse listens for and reflects this type of talk to encourage behavior modification.

What is change talk?

800

Halloween originated in this country.

What is Ireland?

1000

This element of MI emphasizes drawing out the member’s own wisdom and ideas.

What is evocation?

1000

Using OARS helps coaches and nurses build this critical foundation in MI.

What are rapport and engagement?

1000

Exploring ambivalence allows the member to strengthen this on their own.

What is their motivation and commitment to change?

1000

The success of MI depends less on expert advice and more on building this type of partnership.

What is a collaborative partnership?

1000

This item is banned in California on Halloween to prevent vandalism.

What is Silly String?

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