Professional Nurse Coaching: Advances in National and Global Healthcare Transformation уъᣔ༛䖵ሬ˖ޘഭ઼ޘ⨳५⯇ᣔ⨶ ᭩䶙Ⲵ䘋ኅ Formación profesional de enfermería: avances en la transformación nacional y mundial de la atención sanitaria

conflicts to disclose. INTRODUCTION: PROFESSIONAL NURSE COACH, NURSE COACHING PRACTICE, AND COMPETENCIES Nurse coaches are responding to the mandate of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)—the foundational philosopher of modern nursing—to advocate, identify, and focus on factors that promote health, healthy people, and healthy communities that are recognized today as environmental and social determinants of health.1,2 The Institute of Medicine report3 and other health initiatives suggest the need for increased education and leadership from nurses to address the healthcare needs of our nation and world. Nurse coaches are strategically posi tioned and equipped to implement health-promoting and evidence-based strategies with clients and support behavioral and lifestyle changes to enhance growth, overall health, and well-being. With possibilities not yet imagined, employment opportunities for nurses who incorporate coaching into professional practice are developing across the entire spectrum of health, wellness, and healing. Nurse coaches will play an essential role in efforts to assist people toward sustained health as the healthcare system shifts from a disease-focused and reactive system to one proactively focused on culturally sensitive wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention.4 Nurse coaches are aware of the guidelines of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,5 the Healthy People 2020 initiative,6 and the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy7 for improving the health of the nation. Nurse coaches are in interprofessional collaboration and conversations with the National Summit on Standards and Credentialing of Professional Coaches in Healthcare and Wellness (NCCHWC) leaders to explore the future of health and wellness coaches.8-10