title: Nurse coach: healthcare resource for this millennium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA. schenks@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hartley
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations