Frequently Asked Questions

It varies upon you or your individual health needs and goals. I absolutely know from a life of nursing experience, that achieving any health related goal for improvement takes commitment from a client who is truly serious about their health and quality life. Speaking from experience, it takes a minimum of 12 weeks to implement a health plan, and start making changes. But to really instill new lifestyle habits, adjustments and routines that are sustainable, where you'll see actual real, objective change markers in your health, like blood samples, labs, and measurable results like blood pressure, blood sugar, A1C and more will take at least 6 months. My programs work in tandem with your doctor's orders and timelines, and these are the time frames that work for reassessing. 

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The monthly membership allows you to stop when needed, restart, drop in as needed with easy, flexible access to your own private nurse!

That's easy, you can cancel any time. After your initial non refundable commitment fee, monthly membership charges can be stopped at any time.

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Did you know, that anyone can call themselves a health and wellness coach without any formal clinical knowledge, experience, certification and / or training?  There are no laws prohibiting that at state or federal level at this time. Anyone can call themselves one, but not everyone is suitably qualified. So lets explore it further.

Highlights from this article

• Not all health coaches are formerly trained clinicians or experts in a health field

• Coaching industry is not regulated by any government agency and is self regulated

• A health and wellness coaching certification means they are trained in coaching techniques to help their clients

• Many highly trained, educated, licensed and experienced health and medical professionals are also certified as a health coach

• Make sure to ask a prospective coach about their health expertise, qualifications and background 

• Ask for proof of any licenses, and certifications. You can visit the local nursing board to check if they have a license and whether they are active, expired or revoked.

• Nurse health coaches are held to a higher standard and are licensed and regulated by the state(s)

• Nurse health coaches can specialize in specific disease prevention, management and overall clinical health, disease management, prevention and progression 

Certified health and wellness coach

Not all certified health coaches are equal. A certified health and wellness coach can be:

1. someone who is not formerly trained or educated in health and just has an interest

2. They can take additional certifications in a specialty area to become an expert

3. someone who is formerly trained, educated and highly qualified an a health or medical specialty

They have usually taken 5-8 months learning how to coach someone, but not necessarily learned about the.,

But, I do want to stress that a coaching certification to coach is valuable and necessary. Just make sure to find out what specialty health training, education, knowledge and experience they have to be expert in the area they are coaching on. Many coaches say they don't need to be an expert in the area to coach someone. But, having experience and background knowledge in a subject, especially in health adds a whole other level to be able to educate and inform about the "why" for a client to be able to embrace the reason for change being necessary.

There are many many highly trained experts in specialty areas of health, like a dietitian, physical therapist, athletic trainer, diabetes nurse, etc. who can help in specific focused areas, depending on your particular needs. If you want to learn how to get physically fit - then an licensed or certified athletic trainer is what you need. If your main focus is you want to know how to eat a more healthy diet, you'll benefit from working with a dietitian who coaches. Same if you have type II diabetes you may want to work with a nurse who knows about diabetes management, diets, results, effects on the body, signs and symptoms of changes, or a dietician if you need to learn about food types, create food plans, etc.

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Where does a nurse coach fit in?

A nurse is clinically trained and most importantly licensed by the state(s) to manage the care, recovery and preventative care of a patient, based on the physician's diagnosis. Nurses can focus on a specialty are like cardiovascular health, cancer journey, healthcare navigation, case management, etc. A registered nurse is able to assess, create nursing care diagnoses and implement nursing care plan for recovery or prevention. Nurses commonly perform these duties at bedside - hospital, post acute care, skilled nursing facilities, in the home, or as "case" managers overseeing the patient care plan, reassessing the progress and adjusting care plans. We are the ones that manage overall health of someone and will make recommendations for other specialist input like dietary, therapies, etc.

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In short, we manage patient care and coach our patient to health. We look at the patient as a whole - not just physical needs, but also mental health, stress management, social influences, dietary, strength, abilities, and much more. Nurses are the ones who identify needs and manage a person's overall health. We are trained to coach our patients as part of our normal workflows.

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How does a nurse health coach work with me?

A NHC is like a private nurse case manager. They can review your doctor's orders and recommendations and help you co-create a health plan to helps you reach the health goals you want to achieve. They focus on helpibg you

When choosing a health and wellness coach consider the following:

Their area of expertise

Clinical training and experience

Any specialty health certifications and training

There are a multitude of health and wellness coaches out there, that do a fantastic job of coaching. From purely coaching people in the wellness, managing stress with mindfulness, meditation and motivational concepts to purely coaching through a health situation. There are those who are recently certified as a health and wellness coach and get some health training in a specific area they have a passion for and they all can do a great job. 

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A nurse health coach is a totally different experience. We have gone through at least 4 years of clinical, medical, social, lifestyle, diet, education to earn a degree, then passed the NCLEX national exam to attain a license to practice as a nurse, just as doctor is licensed.  Nurses provide care planning, carry out the treatment plan based on doctors orders, we assess, monitor for change and work with the patient and family to co-create a health recovery plan.  We are held to accountability at the state and national level nd have to have yearly continuing education to maintain our right to practice. 

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A nurse health coach has years of clinical experience and is trained holistically to treat the whole patient - that means mental health and wellbeing, physical ailments, preventative care based on able to educate on

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