Children’s food preferences have a huge influence on their food intake. Most likely we were all told at one point that, “You can’t leave the table before you clean your plate!”  And we all remember how well that tactic worked in getting us to eat our greens – not very well.

A new research study published in early March reassures the parents among us that we are not alone – most parents are both mystified and troubled about their children’s eating patterns. Surprisingly, the role parental beliefs have in the development of children’s food preferences has seldom been investigated. Luckily the researcher’s results may help us parents hone our “feeding” techniques.

Catherine Russell and Anthony Worsley of the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia have identified three main influences on children’s eating habits. The first is the child’s level of food neophobia, fear of new things or experiences as well as personality. The second is the food’s sensory attributes like texture and appearance. The third is the child’s socialization experiences such as modelling and parental feeding behaviors.

Fig 1: Conceptual model of possible relationships between parents’ beliefs, children’s food preferences and children’s food neophobia.Graphic: ScienceDirect.com 

The research found preliminary evidence suggesting that kids, aged 2-5, with healthier eating patterns had parents who believed that eating habits can change. The trend in the data also suggested that kids with less healthy diets had parents who were more inclined to believe that eating habits are a result of inflexible personality characteristics. However, the great message of this research is that there is a real need to do more in depth research about the ways in which parents’ beliefs affect children’s food preferences.

This is rich material for Integrative Nurse Coaches to explore as we have an insight into the significance of inter-personal relationships and nutrition alike. However you celebrate this time of year, remember to nourish your heart as well as your body!

 

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Indeed, social and mobile Apps are influential tools that can be utilized for great causes. Some Apps raise breast cancer awareness and others help patients and their families manage Alzheimer’s. For this reason, INCA’s Integrative Nurse Coach Certification Program (INCCP) spends time guiding RNs on how to build their practices and create effective websites and social media networks to promote their values and services.

Yet the rising number of “personalized” Apps makes finding an App that fits as hard as it is to find a good neighborhood gym. Some magazines, like Time Health and Family,  try to make the App search easier with “There are 10 Apps for That” lists. Not all innovative Apps make those “Top 10” blog posts. One App that did not make the cut is Higi. Higi entices users to embrace healthy habits so that they can accumulate “wellness scoring”, a type of social credit score that entitles users to awards.  Another promising, not-yet viral, community based wellness App is Fig. Fig allows a user’s friends to offer kudos, a virtual nudge to get something done, encouragement or assistance.

What makes the wellness App industry so competitive? Since users share an application when they feel that it has lived up to its promise, wellness Apps have a very difficult goal to achieve- the high, and at times unreasonable, mental and physical health goals we set for ourselves.

That is why Nurse Coaches have a distinct advantage in creating successful wellness Apps. As the heart and brains of the field of holistic care, we addresses the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of patients.  Nurse Coaches are perfectly positioned to use, share, and even create Apps that inspire our patients to make lifestyle changes a reality.

Do you recommend any wellness Apps for keeping up with health related goals? Have you noticed patients using certain Apps more than others? What do you think gives them an edge?

What App would you design to help your patients stick to their treatment goals when they are home?  Tak a look at the INCCP curriculum and consider joining us in April to learn more about using online tools such as websites, social media, and Apps effectively to grow your practice. 

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New book focuses on the emerging role of nurses as nurse coaches promoting lifestyle and behavioral changes to enhance wellness

Huntington, New York, March 18, 2013 – Nurse coaching is a natural extension of nursing practices. The American Nursing Association’s (ANA) latest publication The Art and Science of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies confirms this. The book published by the ANA’s publishing program Nursebooks.org explains how professional nurse coaches implement health-promoting and evidence-based strategies with clients and support behavioral and lifestyle changes to enhance growth, overall health and well-being. It describes the emerging role of nurses as they assume the position of nurse coach in hospitals, clinics, communities, and in private professional nurse practices.

“Nurse Coaching is a role that speaks to the heart of nursing, but one that all providers can embrace,” says co-author Barbara M. Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC, co-director of the International Nurse Coach Association and Core Faculty, Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program. “It’s all about interaction with clients in a skilled, purposeful, and results-oriented way. This structured, relationship-centered approach by Registered Nurses promotes achievement of client goals” she adds.

The Art and Science of Nursing Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies is endorsed by 21 top nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), and the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC).

“Nurse coaching is grounded in the principles and core values of professional nursing,” says co-author Darlene R. Hess, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, PMHNP-BC, ACC, HWNC-BC, director of Brown Mountain Visions, a clinical practice and consulting organization, and faculty at both the University of Phoenix and Northern New Mexico College. She notes that, “Nurse coaching competencies can be integrated into any setting or specialty area of practice, and nurse coaches establish co-creative partnerships with clients to facilitate a process of change that assists them in realizing undeveloped potential.”

For more information on or to purchase The Art and Practice of Nurse Coaching: The Provider’s Guide to Coaching Scope and Competencies visit http://www.nursebooks.org

International Nurse Coach Certification Program

With 165 CNEs, the Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP) created by renowned nurse coaches Barbara M. Dossey PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC, Susan Luck RN, BS, MA, HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC, and Bonney Schaub RN, MS, PMHCNS-BC, NC-BC is a unique Nurse Coach program offered by the International Nurse Coach Association.

Created specifically by nurses, for nurses, it holds an expanded worldview that includes a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-cultural-environmental model of care. It incorporates evidence-based coaching methodologies and practices, along with tools and skills for enhancing health and well being through behavioral change in both the nurse and the client/patient. The next INCCP is being held on April 18th, 2013 in New York City.

For more information on the Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program visit inccp.inursecoach.com

About The American Nursing Association (ANA)

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is the only full-service professional organization representing the interests of the nation’s 3.1 million registered nurses through its constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates. The ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public. For more information about the ANA please visit http://www.nursingworld.org.

About the International Nurse Coach Association (INCA)

The International Nurse Coach Association was created with the vision of promoting and supporting the unique role of Nurse Coaches who are assisting individuals, groups and communities in realizing and reaching their greatest health potentials and goals. Our INCA philosophy encompasses an understanding that the Nurse Coach honors the whole person using principles and modalities that integrate body-mind-emotions-spirit-environment.It respects all beliefs and cultures as essential components of health and well-being. For more information about INCA please visit http://www.iNurseCoach.com

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Just as we prepare for difficult weather, we need to prepare our bodies for unexpected health challenges.  A new research study, published February 25th in the New England Journal of Medicine, found correlation between a Mediterranean diet and lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Preventive care, in the form of balancing nutrition, is similar to stocking up before a storm – the storm might only end up with a dusting, but you just can’t afford to take that chance.

Maintaining a Mediterranean diet does not require a huge lifestyle change. Generally, the Mediterranean diet consists of: a high intake of olive oil, fruit, nuts, and vegetables; a moderate intake of fish and poultry; a low intake of dairy products, red meat, processed meats, and sweets; and wine in moderation, consumed with meals.

The published research and its conclusions can be found HERE. It provides solid scientific backing to the INCA’s Philosophy of Prevention used globally by nurse coaches.

The merging of these two fields of healthcare- philosophy of treatment and scientific methodology- creates a beautiful and resilient tool for care. Often, people deny such a merging is possible. This article does not come to prove them wrong; but to prove you right.

Reinforce the faith you have in your insights as a mindful RN and continue to sharpen your professional expertise with all the tools available to you. You can assure your patients, they will not get snowed.

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Nurse Coaching Pioneers Unite

The Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP) was set up and created by the International Nurse Coach Association. This unique program is designed for all  nurses seeking skills leading toward certification with an emphasis on promoting wellness, preventing disease, managing and supporting patients with chronic conditions.

The faculty includes internationally recognized leaders and pioneers with years of experience in integrative and holistic nursing. Barbara Dossey, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN, HWNC-BC, Susan Luck, RN, MA, HNC, CCN, HWNC-BC, Bonney Gulino Schaub, RN, MS, PMHCNS-BC, NC-BC are the core faculty of the Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program.

Integral to this 165 CNEs program is an expanded worldview that includes a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-cultural-environmental model of care. The program incorporates evidence-based coaching competencies, methodologies, tools, and practices for encouraging behavioral change for improved health and well being.

What You Can Expect

INCCP 165 CNEs Curriculum

The INCCP is grounded in clinical knowledge, practice, research, and evidence-based protocols. The Integrative Functional Health Model (IFHM), Vulnerability Model (VM), and the Theory of Integral Nursing (TIN) form the foundation of the program. The faculty of the INCCP have also created the Integrative Health and Wellness Assessment Tool™ for use in clinical practice and research.

2013 Required Weekend Intensive Programs

This year’s program is being held in New York City on April 4-7, June 27-30, and September 26-29.

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Actually, Judith Connor would beg to differ. Connor is a clinical matron for Cardiothoracic services at South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust. Throughout their daily duties her fellow nurses found that patients’ nutrition was suffering because of their hospital’s mealtime culture.

In response, Ms Connor championed implementing three principles that encourage patients to eat and drink properly during their hospital stay: protected mealtimes, assisted feeding and a new meal service. This became a success story for the patients, staff and hospital.

Ms Connor’s program mirrored the spirit of the checklist developed by the Institute for Health Care Improvement for improving healing environments. Still, many other nurses and caregivers are limited in implementing their recommendations. Human and material resources are stretched thin in hospitals and clinics around the nation as it is, and no nurse can build a private patient room, or provide wide doors to patients’ bathrooms by him or her self.

Yet, what we learn from Connor’s actions is that as the most immediate contact the patient has when he is under our care, we can make a significant impact focusing on the finer details.

Ask relatives to bring in music that the in-patient enjoys. Be sensitive to cultural practices the patient observes and pass that information to fellow staffers.

When possible, give the patient choices (in lighting, privacy and sound). And always remember the delicate balance between pain-alleviating humor and insensitivity.

Join us on April 18th in our Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP) to learn more about how to make these sensitivities a second nature to yourselves and your colleagues.

Share with us, what are small ways in which you take control of the healing environment and make it more pleasant for the patient, and for yourself? Do you remember a small act of kindness that warmed your heart when a person close to you was taken care of by a nurse or caregiver? Small gestures go a long way.

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Here’s a great interview about Nurse coaching featuring our own Barbara Dossey, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN.

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