What Topics Are Covered in the INCCP?
A concise overview of the theories, models, and coaching skills you'll master across the four levels of the INCCP.
A comprehensive, four-level curriculum
The Integrative Nurse Coach® Certificate Program (INCCP) equips nurses with the theory, practical skills, and professional tools to transform health and healing. The program unfolds in four progressive levels. You will learn to:
Upon completion you'll meet the contact-hour and supervised-coaching requirements to sit for three AHNCC credentials: NC-BC, HN-BC, and HWNC-BC.
- Apply the Theory of Integrative Nurse Coaching (TINC) to support whole-person, relationship-centered care
- Use the Integrative Lifestyle Health and Wellbeing Model to coach across physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental domains
- Facilitate Awareness and Choice practices that drive sustainable behavior change
- Apply established behavior change theories and models — including the Transtheoretical Model (Stages of Change), Motivational Interviewing, and Appreciative Inquiry
- Use the faculty-developed, validated Integrative Health and Wellness Assessment™
- Demonstrate the core competencies of Nurse Coaching — presence, deep listening, motivational interviewing, and outcome-based goal setting
Grounded in evidence-based behavior change
Nurse Coaching isn't just encouragement. You'll learn to meet clients wherever they are in the change process and use proven, evidence-informed methods to support lasting change — skills that set board-certified Nurse Coaches apart from general wellness coaches.
Level 1: Foundations (14 weeks, 90 contact hours)
Experience self-transformation while building core coaching skills with peers and expert faculty mentors through interactive video sessions, discussion forums, bi-weekly live meetings, peer coaching, and reflective practice.
Level 2: Practicum (16 weeks, 156 contact hours)
Apply your skills with pro bono clients under expert faculty supervision, using INCA's client management system. The Practicum includes the 60 supervised coaching hours required for board certification.
Level 3: Board Certification Review (self-paced)
Includes the Nurse Coach Board Certification Review (24 contact hours) and a Holistic Nursing Certification Review course (contact hours coming soon) — both included in every pathway.
Level 4: Professional Development Branches (self-paced)
- Nurse Coach Private Practice Business Branch — for those building a private practice: legal foundation, brand, online presence, and marketing (contact hours coming soon)
- Integrating Nurse Coaching in Organizations (40 contact hours) — for those leading change within healthcare systems
Bonus: Integrative Nurse Coaching Interventions (a $1,200 value, included in the Expansion Pathway; contact hours coming soon) expands your toolkit with complementary modalities.
Program highlights
- Format: 100% online, cohort-based with live interaction
- Duration: about 7 months of interactive content, plus lifetime access to self-paced modules
- Total contact hours: 270+ across the core levels (Foundations 90, Practicum 156, Nurse Coach Board Certification Review 24), with additional hours from the Holistic Nursing Review, your Level 4 branch(es), and the bonus course
- Certification eligibility: NC-BC, HN-BC, and HWNC-BC through AHNCC
For full details, visit the Integrative Nurse Coach® Certificate Program page.