WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NURSE COACHING AND WHAT IS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NURSE COACHING?
A Professional Nurse Coach is a registered nurse who integrates coaching competencies into any specialty or practice area to support change or development and growth that assist individuals or groups to realize their full potential. The process focuses on awareness from within to manifest and sustain externally. Professional Nurse Coaching is a skillful and purposeful process that is result oriented and creates a therapeutic relationship with clients in a safe environment provided by the registered nurse for the the purpose of supporting client ideal goals and outcomes. Nurse coaches are educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, administrators, staff nurses, and so much more. Nurse coaches may focus on specialty in health and wellness, business, executive, life, managerial coaching and many more.
An Integrative Nurse Coach supports clients as integral whole beings, respecting and honoring each individual’s unique experience, culture and beliefs, and path. The Integrative Nurse Coach is a aware of the individual’s internal and external environment can have contributing factors to their health and wellbeing. A combination of assessment tools and integrative modalities are used by the Integrative Nurse Coach to incorporate self discovery with the client. Integrative Nurse Coaches understand that optimal wellness and healing is achieved when the mind, body, and spirit are equally cared for and sacredly honored. To learn more about the integrative nurse coaching interventions used at Sage Integrative Wellness click below:
Integrative Nurse Coaches can take on same roles such as educators and entrepreneurs like a Professional Nurse Coach as with the focus of specialty they desire. On a whole, the Nurse Coach role is based on 5 core values: (1) Nurse Coach Philosophy, Theories, Ethics, (2) Nurse Coaching Process, (3) Nurse Coach Communication and Coaching Environment, (4) Nurse Coach Education, Research, and Leadership, and (5) Nurse Coach Self Development. Nurse Coaches are guided in their thinking through professional practice and staying grounded in their professional core values for facilitating primary prevention and awareness. For more information on Professional Nurse Coaching Scope of Practice, who Professional Health and Wellness Nurse Coaches are, what we do for individuals and our communities, as well as how to join as a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association please click the link here.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS NURSE COACH BOARD CERTIFICATION
The first Professional Nurse Coach Board Certification Examination was offered in January 2013 along with Recertification process and criteria through the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC). There are two different board certifications for The Professional Nurse Coach, the Health and Wellness Nurse Coach (HWNC-BC) and Nurse Coach (NC-BC). The difference between the two is that nurses who also hold one of the holistic nursing board certifications are awarded the Health and Wellness Nurse Coach (HWNC-BC) credential and the nurse that does not hold a holistic nursing board certification are awarded the Nurse Coach (NC-BC) credential. The AHNCC offers the only nationally accredited holistic nurse and nurse coach certification credentials in the United States. For more information on eligibility criteria and process to become a Board Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach and the recertification process please click the link here.
