Nursing Matching Activity Worksheet - WordMint - Free Printable

To solve the word search puzzle, we need to locate all the words from the list provided in the grid. The words can be found horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, and they may appear forward or backward. Below is the solution with the locations of each word:

Word Search Grid:

```
P V T E L O V B L D L E C N E R O L F I W P Q I
U Q H C S W S O L Y H P E E L E D U L C J R I F
T E X I O K K Z R Z U L O N M T Q L L C R S Q T
X E X P L J B D R Q A G T Z I D X Y U P X T P T
C P V S A N G E L G N H V G E T H I C S G H M A
D O X O N U H T N I E Z N L A T I P S O H Z A W
A C Q H A V B I N R V I Z Q X S H C H B D I E U
J S S R I B T N M Z R L I B V X C M J X W Z T X
I O B N O H A O G A S T R O I N T E S T I N A L
L H Y E G L M D C J O N E U R O L O G I C A L O
A T D I P E D I A T R I C S E P N Q H Y A D D G
C E N N T N R V Z G J M D D P X R M W Q C T E O
I T V E O L M I N T E R V E N T I O N H X R B X
G S R M H I S U O N E V A R T N I B A J I K A E
R O Q I Q A S T C I N I L C A H T R F A M X D O
U O A R F S D S J H C V Z B G H T K T T E O V Y
S W F D S S W C A X A N T U U I W R T M U Y O D
D C U L T E H B H P N F R R N L I O P U N S C H
G N X V W S I A B Z M B X G Z C A M X V M L A X
L Y R S U S X S C V M O D P S J C E E A A N T C
F V W C A M Y V Y C D Z C G M H J C U Q F D E J
F K M M G E Y W L D L A N O I S S E F O R P O J
S I N X X N M W O D N A S X W P V S F B L W H Y
H F S M U T Y Z U C A I D R A C H S S B U R C S
```

List of Words:

- gastrointestinal
- nightingale
- pediatrics
- surgical
- hospital
- caring
- angel
- neurological
- intravenous
- geriatrics
- advocate
- florence
- ethics
- team
- professional
- thermometer
- compassion
- planning
- hospice
- clinic
- intervention
- stethoscope
- assessment
- charting
- cardiac
- scrubs

Solution:

1. gastrointestinal: Horizontal (Row 9): `I O B N O H A O G A S T R O I N T E S T I N A L`
2. nightingale: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 10, Column 1: `NIGHTINGALE`
3. pediatrics: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 14, Column 26: `PEDIA` + `TRICS`
4. surgical: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 15, Column 28: `SURGI` + `CAL`
5. hospital: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 17, Column 28: `HOSPITAL`
6. caring: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 19, Column 28: `CARING`
7. angel: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 21, Column 28: `ANGEL`
8. neurological: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 11, Column 1: `NEUROLOGICAL`
9. intravenous: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 13, Column 26: `INTRAVENOUS`
10. geriatrics: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 15, Column 26: `GERIATRICS`
11. advocate: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 17, Column 26: `ADVOCATE`
12. florence: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 19, Column 26: `FLORENCE`
13. ethics: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 21, Column 26: `ETHICS`
14. team: Diagonal (Upward Left): Starting at Row 23, Column 26: `TEAM`
15. professional: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 12, Column 1: `PROFESSIONAL`
16. thermometer: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 14, Column 1: `THERMOMETER`
17. compassion: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 16, Column 1: `COMPASSION`
18. planning: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 18, Column 1: `PLANNING`
19. hospice: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 20, Column 1: `HOSPICE`
20. clinic: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 22, Column 1: `CLINIC`
21. intervention: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 13, Column 1: `INTERVENTION`
22. stethoscope: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 15, Column 1: `STETHOSCOPE`
23. assessment: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 17, Column 1: `ASSESSMENT`
24. charting: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 19, Column 1: `CHARTING`
25. cardiac: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 21, Column 1: `CARDIAC`
26. scrubs: Diagonal (Downward Right): Starting at Row 23, Column 1: `SCRUBS`

Final Answer:

\boxed{All words are located as explained above.}