Stress Bingo         An engaging and educational game about stress and ways to reduce it. created by Nancy Anne Driscoll, MS, RNCS THERAPEUTIC & FUN! Introducing an engaging and educational game about stressors, stress symptoms and stress relievers. We have reviewed a lot of BINGO game proposals over the years, but when Nancy Anne Driscoll, MS, RNCS sent us her Stress BINGO, we knew this one was different. Nancy’s expertise as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is evident as she has turned this widely appealing game into a meaningful therapeutic tool. Players evaluate the effects of stress on their own lives, learn how to cope with stress and have fun in the process – the best way to learn. This wonderful game, available in both Teen and Adult versions, is now available! We are always curious about the development of new therapeutic resources and had the opportunity to speak with Nancy about how Stress BINGO came to be. Why Bingo? Learning should be fun! As a student, I did not learn well from listening to lectures and, as an instructor, I found that I did not teach well from a lecture format. I believe that people learn best when they are relaxed and are active participants in their learning. Bingo is a game that is familiar to most people and is easily adaptable for different groups. What features of this Bingo Game make it a therapeutic activity? It encourages discussion among participants and fosters interaction between the participants and the facilitator, thereby establishing an effective multidirectional flow of information. What types of participants will benefit from playing this game? Any person who has stress in their life, (everybody and anybody) will benefit by identifying stressors in their life, assessing the effects of stress upon their lives and learning methods of reducing/coping with this stress. What inspired you to create this game? When I was an elementary school nurse, I sought creative methods of teaching Health Education topics to the students. One of the games I devised was a Bingo to teach a lesson on Puberty to 5th graders. The game encouraged laughter (to decrease their anxiety about the topics). It provided the opportunity for discussion of their feelings about their changing bodies and emotions. As their anxiety lessened and they became more comfortable with the topics, they were able to learn the required “facts” about the stages of development they were experiencing. When I was asked to teach a Stress Seminar to Hospice Volunteers, I was still in my “school nurse mode” and developed “Stress Bingo.” Tell us a little more about your clinical background. I am currently in private practice as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse with prescriptive privileges, commonly known as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. I provide therapy and psychopharmacological intervention for adolescents and adults. My practice includes facilitating Stress Seminars. I just love being a nurse. I have worked as a psychiatric nurse in institutions and in the community, worked with pregnant and parenting women (including teenagers), been a school nurse, taught Psychiatric Nursing, been a psychiatric clinical instructor, worked with ages 0-100, worked as a camp nurse and even did a short stint as a medical nurse. I also run a respite home for children with special needs. How did you find out about WELLNESS as a possible publisher for your game? I received your catalogue when I was a school nurse and liked the format and the colorful pages. I later did a web search and was impressed with the warm, friendly tone of both the page and the people who ran Wellness Reproductions. When I called to find out if there was a possible market for my Bingo, the positive response I received told me that Wellness Reproductions was the right company to publish my games.

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