Nurse Coach Certificate Program
Provided by Cleveland Clinic and Wisdom of the Whole
Walk arm in arm with your patients. Lead your team with confidence. Reclaim your energy.
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Certificate Program
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Holistic Framework
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Hybrid Format - online and in-person
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5 months
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Starts June 24, 2026
✳︎ Certificate Program ✳︎ Holistic Framework ✳︎ Hybrid Format - online and in-person ✳︎ 5 months ✳︎ Starts June 24, 2026
Attend:
In-person June 24th & 25th
Self-paced assignment completion
Online Training July XX for 8 weeks, 2 hrs per classes per week
Self-paced Assignment completion
In-person September XX & XX
Bring Balance into your life:
Learn:
Deep Listening - Hear what patients and teams truly need
Powerful Questions - Open possibilities that shift perspectives
Direct Communication - Say what matters with clarity and care
Trust-based Relationships - Build safety that enables change
Progress and Accountability - Support lasting behavioral change
Know:
Imagery
Thinking and Feeling
Reflection
Somatic Awareness
Intuition
Purpose and Values
Courses Included in the certificate program
Module 01 - Core Competencies of Nursing
Begin with a two-day in-person class building the essential foundations of nurse coaching — deep listening, direct communication, and trust-based relationships. Six weeks of integration and practice follow, applied directly in your clinical or leadership environment.
Module 02 - Advanced Tools
Eight weeks of live, interactive Zoom sessions — two hours each. Explore powerful questioning, accountability frameworks, somatic awareness, imagery, and how to work with a patient's or team member's sense of purpose and values to catalyze real change.
Module 03 - Practicum
A final two-day in-person intensive focused on applied practice and peer coaching, followed by four weeks of guided practice to demonstrate your growth and complete your certification.
Nurse Coach Graduate Successes
Nurse Coach Graduate Successes
Nurse Manager - Efficiency & Work-life Balance
Emergency Department-Nurse Stress Reduction
Bedside nurses engage patients as active partners in their ourn care. When patients feel heard, seen, and empowered, they heal differently — and so do you.
A Nurse Manager made one simple change: when staff brought challenges, she asked: "What do you want to do about it?"
Meetings shortened from 60 → 30 minutes
Staff felt trusted, empowered to act
She no longer stayed late or took work home
Team productivity increased
Core issues were identified and changed
An ER nurse added two coaching questions to every patient visit:
"Where would you like to be by end of this visit?" and
"How can you help get yourself there?"
Her stress level dropped from 9 → 5 on a 10-point scale.
No change in workload.
The shift was an interactive empowerment and collaboration with her patient.
Nurse Managers develop a coaching leadership style that builds a team that thinks, grows, and takes ownership —freeing you to lead at your highest level.
Nurse coaching brings your whole-self into your practice after just 10 weeks of guided practice. Skills are lived as well as learned.
Register through Cleveland Clinic
If you're interested in this great opportunity, simply email:
Allison Cesar: cesara2@ccf.org or
Rose Hosler: hoslerr@ccf.org