Nurse Coaching Certification Exam
Questions and Answers Graded
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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
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,(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)
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,(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
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, 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
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Questions and Answers Graded
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
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,(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)
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,(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
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, 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
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