Nursing Feud

What it is

Nursing Feud is a team game show for the projector. Clinical squads face off to name the top nursing priorities, and answers are ranked by clinical priority, safety weight, and evidence-based guidelines. The most critical, life-saving answer is worth the most points.

Each round starts with a face-off. The squad that wins chooses Play or Pass, then guesses one member at a time. Three strikes and the other squad gets a chance to steal the whole bank. There is an optional answer timer from 10 to 30 seconds, and the host controls everything from the answer key.

Set up 2 to 4 squads of up to 6 members (2 squads of 5 is classic). Members rotate so everyone gets a turn. After every round there is a debrief, so the reasoning gets talked through.

What you'll learn

• How to rank nursing priorities by safety and urgency
• ABCs, safety, and evidence-based priorities across clinical topics
• Why one correct answer matters more than another
• How to talk through clinical reasoning with a team

How it helps you

NCLEX tests clinical judgment, using NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. Every NURSYN game is built on the nursing process. Nursing Feud works these ADPIE steps: Diagnosis, Planning.

• Covers Diagnosis and Planning: decide what matters most, then plan around it
• Ranking answers is the NCJMM prioritize hypotheses step in action
• Prioritization is one of the most tested skills on the NCLEX
• The debrief turns a game into a real teaching conversation

How to play

1. Set up squads, members, rounds, topics, and the answer timer
2. Face-off: two members buzz in to name a top answer
3. The winning squad plays or passes, guessing one member at a time
4. Three strikes and the other squad tries to steal
5. Debrief the round, then start the next

Clinical topics covered

Sources

The clinical content and the teaching approach behind this game line up with these references.

1. NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement ModelNCSBN. The framework NCSBN uses to measure clinical judgment and decision making on the NCLEX.
2. 2026 NCLEX-RN Test PlanNational Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). The official blueprint for what the NCLEX-RN covers, organized by Client Needs.
3. Game-thinking: utilizing serious games and gamification in nursing education, a systematic review and meta-analysis (Nylén-Eriksen et al., 2025). BMC Medical EducationBMC Medical Education. Pooled studies show serious games and gamification work in nursing education, with the strongest benefit for knowledge and a more modest effect on skills.