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# How does this compare to other Functional Medicine programs for nurses?

## Functional Nursing is the only Functional Medicine–informed course built specifically for nurses and offered in partnership with the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM).

It's the only Functional Medicine–informed course built specifically for the nursing profession and offered in partnership with IFM. Where most Functional Medicine programs are designed for physicians or mixed-provider audiences, this curriculum translates systems biology, root-cause reasoning, and the Functional Medicine Matrix directly into nursing scope.

### What makes it different

- **A nursing-centered framework** — labs, supplements, physiology, assessment, story, and systems thinking taught with explicit RN/APRN scope boundaries.
- **IFM partnership benefits** — select IFM Toolkit items, curriculum reviewed with IFM, teaching from IFM faculty (Thomas Sult, MD), and a full year of IFM program discounts after completion.
- **Practical application** — usable in bedside nursing, primary care, community health, education, and nurse coaching, not just long consults.
- **Whole-person + whole-systems integration** — blends Functional Medicine, lifestyle influences, story, terrain, and presence-based nursing.
- **ANCC-accredited contact hours** — awarded by INCA.

Learn more or register on the [Functional Nursing: A Functional Medicine Framework for Nurses program page](https://inursecoach.com/course/functional-nursing-functional-medicine-nurses/).

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