Seeking Safety
DBT Wise Mind
Urge Surfing
Recovery Stats
Nursing History T/F
100
This Seeking Safety topic focuses on learning to ask for what you want and say no to what you don't want. (Hint: This is the 'antidote' for feeling unsafe)
What is Healthy Relationships (Connection)
100
DBT stands for this three-word therapy
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
100
Urge surfing is a mindfulness technique used to cope with these, such as a strong desire to use substances or self-harm
What is Cravings or Urges
100
True or False: Most people who develop a substance use disorder eventually get treatment.
What is False (A significant majority do not receive treatment) 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) by SAMSHA, among the 48.7 million people aged 12 or older with a substance use disorder in the past year, only 13.1% (or 6.4 million people) received any form of treatment.
100
True or False: Florence Nightingale is known as the founder of modern nursing.
What is True.
200
This is a key principle of Seeking Safety that means avoiding any min-altering substances. (Hint: This is another name for maintaining abstinence)
What is Sobriety.
200
Wise mind is the balanced point between these two other 'minds' or states
What is Emotional Mind and Rational Mind.
200
The technique gets its name from imagining the urge as one of these, which you ride until it naturally passes.
What is the wave.
200
True or False: Relapse is a sign that treatment has failed.
What is False (Relapse is often a part of the recovery process and can be a learning opportunity) The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that 'relapse rates for addiction resemble those of other chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. They emphasize that relapse does not mean failure but indicates that treatment needs to be reinstated or adjusted.
200
True or False: Nurses in the 1800s were required to have a university degree.
What is False (Formal nursing education began with Nightingale's school in the 1860s and was not yet a standard university degree)
300
This term describes the physical and psychological response to an extremely threatening event.
What is Trauma.
300
This 'How' skill in DBT is the act of observing, describing, and participating without self-consciousness, and is key to accessing Wise Mind.
What is Mindfulness.
300
A key part of urge surfing is remembering this fact about all urges.
What is urges are temporary and will pass.
300
True or False: Recovery is only about abstinence from drugs and alcohol.
What is False (Recovery is a process of change that improve health and wellness, allowing a person to reach their full potential. It is holistic.) SAMSHA's working definition of recovery is ' a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." It is defined by four major dimensions: Health, Home, Purpose, and Community.
300
True or False: The first nursing uniforms were designed primarily to look fashionable.
What is False (They were designed for hygiene, practicality, and to project a professional, clean image)
400
This coping skill involves paying attention to the present moment without judgement.
What is Mindfulness or Grounding.
400
You might use this DBT skill which involves holding ice or snapping a rubber band, to quickly distract from intense urges.
What is TIP (Temperature change, Intense Exercise, Paced breathing, Paired Muscle Relaxation) or Distress Tolerance
400
Besides mindfulness, urge surfing helps build this, which is the ability to withstand discomfort without acting impulsively.
What is Distress Tolerance.
400
True or False: The rate of recovery for people who get help and stay engaged in treatment is very high.
What is True (Treatment does work and leads to sustained recovery for many) National Institute on Drug Abuse or NIDA summarizes that 'treatment of chronic diseases involves changing depply rooted behaviors, and relapse doesn't mean treatment has failed. Long-term studies show that most individuals who remain engaged in treatment eventually stop using drugs and reduce criminal activity.
400
True or False: Clara Barton is famous for her work as a nurse on the battlefield and for founding the American Red Cross.
What is True.
500
Name as many Crisis Survival Skills in the acronym ACCEPTS.
What is Activities, Contributing, Comparisons, Emotions, Pushing Away, Thoughts, Sensations.
500
If the emotional mind is the Parrot, and the rational mind is the Snake, what is the role of the Wise Mind.
What is The Zookeeper.
500
You practice urge surfing by noticing the urge in your body without doing this.
What is Acting on it or Judging it.
500
True or False: Peer support groups like AA have no proven effectiveness.
What is False (Research shows participation in peer support groups is associated with better outcomes, including sustained abstinence) Multiple sudies, including a large scale review by the Cochrane Collaboration, have found that twelve-step facilitation (TSF) programs, which are designed to connect people with peer support groups, perform as well as other established treatments like CBT in achieving abstinence.
500
True or False: The cap worn by nurses (the nursing cap) has always been a universal symbol for all nurses worldwide.
What is False. (Its use varied greatly by country and nursing school and its use has largely been discontinued).