Evidence-based health coaching focuses on the desires and concerns of the patient, so that treatment can be custom tailored to a specific patient’s needs.
By Melinda Huffman, BSN,MSN, CCNS, CHC, Co-Founder, NSHC The answer, not surprisingly, is “It depends.” Health coaching caseloads vary greatly. Consider these seven key factors to determine a reasonable health coaching caseload: Type of coaching vehicle/avenue used: i.e., face-to-face, telephonic,…
Which Health Coaching Program is Right for Me? by Melinda Huffman, BSN, MSN, CCNS, CHC The number #1 inquiry from hundreds of callers to The National Society of Health Coaches is this: “I’ve been online looking at health coaching programs. But I’m…
Who We Are The National Society of Health Coaches (NSHC)® was founded in 2007 on the premise that healthcare professionals could positively impact health behaviors and patient/client “compliance” by altering the traditional patient engagement approach through evidence-based conversation. NSHC’s Lead Coaches found…
Almost half of all Americans, over one hundred and third million people, suffer from chronic conditions (Schneider, O’Donnell and Dean, 2009). In order to help keep delivery of evidence-based care as uniform as possible, practice guidelines and standards of care…
Now that we’ve thoroughly discussed the overall process of coaching a patient through behavior change, let’s talk specifics. Overall wellness is extremely important, but there are several specific areas of wellness that require special coaching approaches or considerations. They are:…
So far we have talked about several different concepts and begun to develop skills that will help you communicate as effectively as possible with your patients. We have learned to recognize their communication and learning styles and we have learned…
Yesterday we learned more about communicating with our patients using Active Listening. But, even if we use good communication techniques and we listen well, if we aren’t instructing the way the patient prefers to learn, then will we be successful? To…
Yesterday we began to dig into the concepts within Evidence-Based Health Coaching by talking about Communication Styles. To continue building on that, we are going to take a look at Active Listening, today! While it is certainly important to understand…
Yesterday we talked about Evidence-Based Health Coaching overall, as a way of introducing this Back to School series! Today, we are digging into the good stuff and talking about Communication Styles. Communication is the key to so many things in…
Well, it’s that time of year again! The kids are heading back to school for another full year of learning, making friends, and growing! To celebrate, we are doing a Back to School series for the next 10 days that…