NURSE COACHING CERTIFICATION EXAM
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND 100 % VERIFIED
ANSWERS RATED A+
Nurse Coach Core Essentials (core values) Correct Answer 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) Correct
Answer (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 Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer a) Acquires,
comprehends and applies knowledge/skills related to client as
authority
Aligns own intention with the client's goals Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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) Correct Answer a) Develops skills
needed to assess, trust multiple ways of knowing
Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
Correct Answer 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. Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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) Correct Answer (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
(11) Implements the Nurse Coach Process in a manner that
promotes the client's autonomy, dignity, rights, values, beliefs,
and strengths
(12) Maintains an effective coaching relationship that is congruent
with the coaching agreement and within the boundaries of
professional nursing practice
(13) Performs the nurse coaching process by integrating
knowledge, skills, intuition, and judgment
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND 100 % VERIFIED
ANSWERS RATED A+
Nurse Coach Core Essentials (core values) Correct Answer 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) Correct
Answer (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 Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer a) Acquires,
comprehends and applies knowledge/skills related to client as
authority
Aligns own intention with the client's goals Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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) Correct Answer a) Develops skills
needed to assess, trust multiple ways of knowing
Demonstrates authenticity (honesty, sincerity, personal integrity)
Correct Answer 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. Correct Answer 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 Correct Answer 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) Correct Answer (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
(11) Implements the Nurse Coach Process in a manner that
promotes the client's autonomy, dignity, rights, values, beliefs,
and strengths
(12) Maintains an effective coaching relationship that is congruent
with the coaching agreement and within the boundaries of
professional nursing practice
(13) Performs the nurse coaching process by integrating
knowledge, skills, intuition, and judgment
