Nurse coach: healthcare resource for this millennium.
OBJECTIVE
Nurse coach, a new role for nurses.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the components, tasks, and interaction of a nurse coach model that is client directed as opposed to illness directed.


METHODS
Published literature and authors' experience.


CONCLUSIONS
A nurse coach can provide a structure and approach to custom fit attainable behavior change.
Schenk
Susan
S
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. schenks@ohsu.edu
Hartley
Kay
K
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations