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NSHC Exam Prep 2025/2026 – 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Communication Styles, Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, Cultural Competence & Evidence-Based Coaching

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This NSHC (National Society of Health Coaches) Exam Prep resource for 2025/2026 offers fully verified questions and answers designed for achieving top exam scores. It covers all major components of the NSHC certification, including health coaching delivery trends, professional ethics, and the NSHC Standards of Practice. Learners will master communication styles (Director, Socializer, Relater, Thinker) and how to adapt to client needs, active listening skills, telephonic coaching best practices, and learning style adaptations (visual, auditory, kinesthetic). Behavior change content includes the complete Stages of Change model, strategies for identifying client readiness, relapse prevention, and motivational interviewing principles (O.A.R.S., managing ambivalence, avoiding the righting reflex). The guide also addresses cultural competence, goal-setting frameworks, and evidence-based practice interventions for weight management, stress reduction, and chronic disease prevention. Additional sections explain benchmarking, standards of care, clinical practice guideline integration, and outcome measurement in health coaching. This comprehensive prep material is ideal for: NSHC Certification Candidates preparing for the official exam Wellness and Lifestyle Coaches enhancing client outcomes with evidence-based strategies Nursing, Allied Health, and Public Health Students adding coaching skills to their competencies Healthcare Professionals integrating motivational interviewing and patient engagement tools into practice Structured for both exam preparation and practical application, this guide ensures you are ready to deliver high-quality, client-centered health coaching from day one. Keywords: NSHC exam, health coaching, communication styles, motivational interviewing, OARS, stages of change, cultural competence, evidence-based practice, telephonic coaching, client readiness, relapse prevention, goal setting, standards of care, benchmarking, outcome measurement

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NSHC Exam 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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HC Delivery Trends - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔telephonic coaching has edged out face-face

health coaching.


NSHC's Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔maintain strict

level of privacy and confidentiality, ensures client fully understands terms of

coaching relationship, truthfully identify health coaching qualifications, non

judgemental of client's beliefs, (etc.)


Communication Styles - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Direct: talker, expresses opinions, fast

speech, impatient

vs

Indirect: Listens, reserved, slow speech, patient

, Supporting: shares feelings, informal speech, contact oriented, active facial

expressions

vs

Controlling: Limited sharing of feelings, formal speech, non-contact preferred, few

facial expressions




RELATER (Supporting/Indirect)

SOCIALIZER (Supporting/Direct)

THINKER (Controlling/Indirect)

DIRECTOR (Controlling/Direct)


Tendencies That Should be Modified & How - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RELATER

(resistance to see new opportunities, need to be involved, avoidance of risks)

SOCILIZER (need for approval, tendency to dream, jumping activities)

THINKER (focus on weakness, need for perfection)

DIRECTOR (need to control, low tolerance of other's feelings)


Pitfalls to Avoid - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Not finding out what the client already knows

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