NURSE COACHING BOARD 2026
PROFESSIONAL NURSING COACHING
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT PAPER AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Dorothea Orem.
Answer: Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory. 1953. Health as a state of
wholeness. Role of client/nurse being instrumental in supporting a
process of change. Self Reliant; Nursing is required when individual
is unable to provide continuous and effective care.
◉ Patricia Benner.
Answer: 1985. Novice to expert theory. Used term "nurse coach"
early on. Joint decision making. Nurse coaches using inner resources
and inner wisdom. WIR: Wisdom, Intuition, & Resourcefulness.
◉ Schenk.
Answer: Nurse coach as healthcare resource for millennium.
◉ Jean Watson.
Answer: Theory of Human Science & Human Care. CCEP (Caring
Science Caritas Coaching Education Program). Focuses on intelligent
heart centered approach. Relationship between 2 beings. Moving
,towards a higher sense if self and harmony. 1. moral commitment to
human dignity. 2. nurse's intent and will to affirm subjective
significance. 3. nurse's ability to detect feelings. 4. nurse's ability to
feel a union with another. 5. nurse's own history. Primal energetic
forces.
◉ McNally & Cunningham.
Answer: Developed coaching model.
◉ Bark.
Answer: Developed integral model of coaching based on structures
of consciousness and integral theory.
◉ Schaub.
Answer: Developed INCCP (Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate
Program).
◉ Five Core Values for Nurse Coach.
Answer: 1. Nurse coach philosophy, theories, ethics. 2. Nurse
coaching process. 3. Nurse Coach Communication, Coaching
Environment 4. Nurse Coach education, research, leadership 5.
Nurse coach self developing (self reflection, self assessment, self
evaluation, self care)
, ◉ Martha Rogers.
Answer: Theory of Science of Unitary Beings. Client-centered;
unconditional positive regard; transactional analysis; whole beings;
ever evolving energy fields; look forward and what life might be; Art
+ Science=Nursing;
◉ Sister Callista Roy.
Answer: Adaptation Model; individuals as a set of interrelated,
biological, psychological, and social systems; balance and cope; 1.
Physiological-physical system, 2. self concept group identity system,
3. role mastery/function system, 4. interdependency system. Dignity
of dying. Nurses role is to promote system stability by using the 3
levels of prevention.
◉ Betty Neumann's.
Answer: Neumann's Systems Model (NSM); replaced word patient
with client; holistic being; clients relationship with STRESS; Energy
resources. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Lines of
defense.
◉ Rosemarie Rizzo Parse.
Answer: Theory of Human Becoming; Person can only be viewed as
a unity. Nursing as a scientific discipline and practice as an art to
serve as guides. Health is a process of becoming. Presence as
critically important intervention. Environment is the universe. 3
themes. Quality of life. Based on own perspective.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING COACHING
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT PAPER AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Dorothea Orem.
Answer: Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory. 1953. Health as a state of
wholeness. Role of client/nurse being instrumental in supporting a
process of change. Self Reliant; Nursing is required when individual
is unable to provide continuous and effective care.
◉ Patricia Benner.
Answer: 1985. Novice to expert theory. Used term "nurse coach"
early on. Joint decision making. Nurse coaches using inner resources
and inner wisdom. WIR: Wisdom, Intuition, & Resourcefulness.
◉ Schenk.
Answer: Nurse coach as healthcare resource for millennium.
◉ Jean Watson.
Answer: Theory of Human Science & Human Care. CCEP (Caring
Science Caritas Coaching Education Program). Focuses on intelligent
heart centered approach. Relationship between 2 beings. Moving
,towards a higher sense if self and harmony. 1. moral commitment to
human dignity. 2. nurse's intent and will to affirm subjective
significance. 3. nurse's ability to detect feelings. 4. nurse's ability to
feel a union with another. 5. nurse's own history. Primal energetic
forces.
◉ McNally & Cunningham.
Answer: Developed coaching model.
◉ Bark.
Answer: Developed integral model of coaching based on structures
of consciousness and integral theory.
◉ Schaub.
Answer: Developed INCCP (Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate
Program).
◉ Five Core Values for Nurse Coach.
Answer: 1. Nurse coach philosophy, theories, ethics. 2. Nurse
coaching process. 3. Nurse Coach Communication, Coaching
Environment 4. Nurse Coach education, research, leadership 5.
Nurse coach self developing (self reflection, self assessment, self
evaluation, self care)
, ◉ Martha Rogers.
Answer: Theory of Science of Unitary Beings. Client-centered;
unconditional positive regard; transactional analysis; whole beings;
ever evolving energy fields; look forward and what life might be; Art
+ Science=Nursing;
◉ Sister Callista Roy.
Answer: Adaptation Model; individuals as a set of interrelated,
biological, psychological, and social systems; balance and cope; 1.
Physiological-physical system, 2. self concept group identity system,
3. role mastery/function system, 4. interdependency system. Dignity
of dying. Nurses role is to promote system stability by using the 3
levels of prevention.
◉ Betty Neumann's.
Answer: Neumann's Systems Model (NSM); replaced word patient
with client; holistic being; clients relationship with STRESS; Energy
resources. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Lines of
defense.
◉ Rosemarie Rizzo Parse.
Answer: Theory of Human Becoming; Person can only be viewed as
a unity. Nursing as a scientific discipline and practice as an art to
serve as guides. Health is a process of becoming. Presence as
critically important intervention. Environment is the universe. 3
themes. Quality of life. Based on own perspective.
