Nurse Coaching Certification Exam Questions
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Nurse Coach Core Essentials (core values)
Core Values:
1. Nurse Coach Philosophy, Theory, Ethics
2. Nurse Coaching Process
3. Nurse Coach Communication and Therapeutic Environment
4. Education, Research, and Leadership
5. Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment
Nurse coach philosophy and theories (Core Value 1)
(1) Centers and grounds self at the beginning of each coaching interaction
(2) Acknowledges, respects and affirms the client as the authority on his/her own health and
wellbeing
(3) Acknowledges that new goals will emerge as the client transforms over time
(4) Aligns own intention with the client's goals
(5) Remains fully present, centered, and grounded at the beginning and throughout the nurse
coaching process
(6) Uses intentionality, aligned with client's goals, throughout the coaching process
(7) Accesses and trusts one's own personal knowing (e.g. intuition and hunches/gut feelings)
(8) Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
,(9) Demonstrates respect for client's subjective experiences expressed as stories and
perceptions
(10) Acknowledges client resistance as an opportunity for self-awareness and growth
(11) Uses holistic, sophisticated verbal and non-verbal communication skills, including but not
limited to active listening, relevant use of language and focused questioning (core value 3)
(12) Empowers the client's goal attainment (core value 3)
(13) Understands that clear, respectful, skillful, sophisticated communication is a fundamental
and essential component of the Professional Nurse Coach relationship
(14) Communicates with family, significant others, caregivers, health care providers, and others
to assist and enhance the client's achievement of coaching goals, when requested by the client
(15) Able to distinguish between telephone and internet-technology based health coaching, and
telehealth (tele-education)
Centers and grounds self at the beginning of each coaching interaction
a) Acquires knowledge/skills needed to center self
b) Uses centering activities/procedures prior to and throughout the coaching process
Acknowledges, respects and affirms the client as the authority on his/her own health and
wellbeing
a) Acquires, comprehends and applies knowledge/skills related to client as authority
Aligns own intention with the client's goals
a) Acquires knowledge/principles of intentionality
b) Develops skills related to setting intentionality
c) Sets intent to stay focused on client needs
,Remains fully present, centered, and grounded at the beginning and throughout the nurse
coaching process
a) Maintains an interested, open, and reflective approach to the client
b) Is comfortable with silence or pausing to assist the client with reflection and finding new
understanding of next steps
c) Draws upon the precepts of the human energy field/system to assist client in achievement of
goals
Uses intentionality, aligned with client's goals, throughout the coaching process
a) Applies client-focused intentionality knowledge and skills in nurse-coaching process
Accesses and trusts one's own personal knowing (e.g. intuition and hunches/gut feelings)
a) Develops skills needed to assess, trust multiple ways of knowing
Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
a) Acquires knowledge and behaviors related to authenticity
b) Use self-reflection as a way to acquire self-knowledge, self-awareness, and gain inner-
wisdom essential for enhancing self-authenticity
Demonstrates respect for client's subjective experiences expressed as stories and perceptions.
a) Develops and applies knowledge/skills needed to facilitate client's self-expressed life stories
, b) Uses documentation methods that provides information while protecting confidentiality
Acknowledges client resistance as an opportunity for self-awareness and growth
a) Acquires, comprehends, and applies knowledge/skills related to sophisticated communication
b) Understands resistance to change is a way of defending against fear of failure and/or fear of
knowing
Nurse Coach Ethics (Core Value 1)
(1) Uses the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice and
articulate the foundation of the Professional Nurse Coach Practice
(2) Acknowledges that principles of holistic, human caring are central to the Nurse Coach's
practice
(3) Acknowledges that the nurse coaching process is based on a trusting, intimate nurse-client
relationship
(4) Acknowledges that the nurse coaching process is a dynamic, systematic, and skilled process
(5) Uses Holistic Nursing Principles to guide nurse-client interactions throughout the coaching
process
(6) Understands and effectively discusses with the client the ethical guidelines and
specific parameters of the Nurse Coaching relationship (e.g., logistics, fees, scheduling)
(7) Facilitates client's expression of new ideas, behaviors, and actions that may involve risk-
taking and fear of failure
(8) Clearly communicates and clarifies distinctions among coaching, consulting, counseling, and
teaching to clients and others as indicated
(9) Partners with clients to individualize the Nurse Coach Process
(10) Supports the client's inner-wisdom, intuition, and innate ability for knowing what is best for
self throughout the Nurse Coach Process
and Answers| Updated
Nurse Coach Core Essentials (core values)
Core Values:
1. Nurse Coach Philosophy, Theory, Ethics
2. Nurse Coaching Process
3. Nurse Coach Communication and Therapeutic Environment
4. Education, Research, and Leadership
5. Self-Reflection, Self-Assessment
Nurse coach philosophy and theories (Core Value 1)
(1) Centers and grounds self at the beginning of each coaching interaction
(2) Acknowledges, respects and affirms the client as the authority on his/her own health and
wellbeing
(3) Acknowledges that new goals will emerge as the client transforms over time
(4) Aligns own intention with the client's goals
(5) Remains fully present, centered, and grounded at the beginning and throughout the nurse
coaching process
(6) Uses intentionality, aligned with client's goals, throughout the coaching process
(7) Accesses and trusts one's own personal knowing (e.g. intuition and hunches/gut feelings)
(8) Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
,(9) Demonstrates respect for client's subjective experiences expressed as stories and
perceptions
(10) Acknowledges client resistance as an opportunity for self-awareness and growth
(11) Uses holistic, sophisticated verbal and non-verbal communication skills, including but not
limited to active listening, relevant use of language and focused questioning (core value 3)
(12) Empowers the client's goal attainment (core value 3)
(13) Understands that clear, respectful, skillful, sophisticated communication is a fundamental
and essential component of the Professional Nurse Coach relationship
(14) Communicates with family, significant others, caregivers, health care providers, and others
to assist and enhance the client's achievement of coaching goals, when requested by the client
(15) Able to distinguish between telephone and internet-technology based health coaching, and
telehealth (tele-education)
Centers and grounds self at the beginning of each coaching interaction
a) Acquires knowledge/skills needed to center self
b) Uses centering activities/procedures prior to and throughout the coaching process
Acknowledges, respects and affirms the client as the authority on his/her own health and
wellbeing
a) Acquires, comprehends and applies knowledge/skills related to client as authority
Aligns own intention with the client's goals
a) Acquires knowledge/principles of intentionality
b) Develops skills related to setting intentionality
c) Sets intent to stay focused on client needs
,Remains fully present, centered, and grounded at the beginning and throughout the nurse
coaching process
a) Maintains an interested, open, and reflective approach to the client
b) Is comfortable with silence or pausing to assist the client with reflection and finding new
understanding of next steps
c) Draws upon the precepts of the human energy field/system to assist client in achievement of
goals
Uses intentionality, aligned with client's goals, throughout the coaching process
a) Applies client-focused intentionality knowledge and skills in nurse-coaching process
Accesses and trusts one's own personal knowing (e.g. intuition and hunches/gut feelings)
a) Develops skills needed to assess, trust multiple ways of knowing
Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
a) Acquires knowledge and behaviors related to authenticity
b) Use self-reflection as a way to acquire self-knowledge, self-awareness, and gain inner-
wisdom essential for enhancing self-authenticity
Demonstrates respect for client's subjective experiences expressed as stories and perceptions.
a) Develops and applies knowledge/skills needed to facilitate client's self-expressed life stories
, b) Uses documentation methods that provides information while protecting confidentiality
Acknowledges client resistance as an opportunity for self-awareness and growth
a) Acquires, comprehends, and applies knowledge/skills related to sophisticated communication
b) Understands resistance to change is a way of defending against fear of failure and/or fear of
knowing
Nurse Coach Ethics (Core Value 1)
(1) Uses the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice and
articulate the foundation of the Professional Nurse Coach Practice
(2) Acknowledges that principles of holistic, human caring are central to the Nurse Coach's
practice
(3) Acknowledges that the nurse coaching process is based on a trusting, intimate nurse-client
relationship
(4) Acknowledges that the nurse coaching process is a dynamic, systematic, and skilled process
(5) Uses Holistic Nursing Principles to guide nurse-client interactions throughout the coaching
process
(6) Understands and effectively discusses with the client the ethical guidelines and
specific parameters of the Nurse Coaching relationship (e.g., logistics, fees, scheduling)
(7) Facilitates client's expression of new ideas, behaviors, and actions that may involve risk-
taking and fear of failure
(8) Clearly communicates and clarifies distinctions among coaching, consulting, counseling, and
teaching to clients and others as indicated
(9) Partners with clients to individualize the Nurse Coach Process
(10) Supports the client's inner-wisdom, intuition, and innate ability for knowing what is best for
self throughout the Nurse Coach Process
