The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching The Provider Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies 2nd Edition by Mary Elaine Southard, Barbara Dossey, Linda Bark, Bonney Gulina Schaub ISBN 9781947800472 1947800477

The nurse-client relationship is at the core of quality nursing care. Nurse coaching is a structured, relationship-centered approach that promotes achievement of client goals. This new edition of The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies teaches RNs how to interact with clients in a skilled, purposeful, and results-oriented way. Grounded in the principles and core values of professional nursing, these newly updated nurse coaching competencies can be integrated into any setting or specialty area of practice.This book provides strategies to help you:Create a safe space for coaching conversations.Provide a structure for further coaching sessions.Explore client readiness for change.Assist clients to identify goals, select action steps, evaluate progress, and sustain life changes.Learn the importance of coaching clients becoming aware of their challenges and celebrating their accomplishments.Learn new, valuable ways to assist clients to adopt effective, sustainable life-changing behaviors.The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies, Second Edition is an essential resource for nurses seeking to support clients on their healthcare journey to achieve desired goals for health and healing or transition for peaceful dying. *ANA’s Affirmation of Focused Practice Competencies ProgramANA’s Affirmation of Focused Practice Competencies program has been designed to identify and support evidence, safety, and quality in the healthcare environment and healthcare delivery systems. ANA offers this formal review process for focused practice areas or emerging specialties to identify the competencies reflecting the specific knowledge, skill, abilities, accountability, and judgment deemed important for professional practice success, interprofessional collaborative practice, interprofessional team success, and achievement of defined outcomes. ANA’s affirmation of focused practice competencies remains valid for five years.