Lifestyle Nursing: A Lifestyle Medicine Framework for Nurses
Original price was: $1,995.00.$1,795.00Current price is: $1,795.00.
Program Launches February 2, 2026 – Register by January 11th to save $200
Lifestyle Nursing: A Lifestyle Medicine Framework for Nurses teaches nurses how to apply the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine — nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and reduction of risky substances — in a way that is grounded in nursing scope and supported by the science of behavior change.
This course is designed for Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, and Nurse Coaches who want to deliver safe, effective lifestyle interventions that prevent, treat, and in many cases reverse chronic disease, using evidence-based strategies and relationship-centered care.
Learners will explore current research, therapeutic lifestyle protocols, behavior-change science, and practical strategies that can be integrated into bedside care, primary care, community health, wellness programs, or private Nurse Coaching practice.
Lifestyle Medicine is one of the most evidence-supported, yet underutilized, approaches in modern healthcare. Despite strong data showing that up to 80% of chronic disease is preventable or reversible through lifestyle change, most nurses receive little formal training in how to apply lifestyle interventions safely and effectively.
Lifestyle Nursing fills this gap by teaching nurses:
This course is especially relevant for Nurse Coaches, who already possess strong communication and motivational interviewing skills but need deeper LM-specific knowledge to translate those skills into therapeutic outcomes.
Course Outcomes
Use scope-appropriate strategies to guide patients in nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, connection, and substance reduction.
Help patients understand how lifestyle patterns contribute to common chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
Integrate motivational interviewing, readiness assessment, and habit-building frameworks to support long-term change.
Understand when lifestyle interventions are appropriate, when medical evaluation is required, and how to collaborate safely.
Apply lifestyle interventions to improve glycemic control, blood pressure, lipid profiles, stress resilience, sleep quality, and more.
Bridge the science of lifestyle change with the art of nursing communication and partnership.
Support patients in navigating environment, access, identity, trauma, and mental/emotional factors that affect health behavior.
Apply Lifestyle Medicine concepts in bedside settings, outpatient care, community health, wellness programs, or private Nurse Coaching.
Leader in Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Nursing
Karen is a Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Coach, and diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, specializing in evidence-based lifestyle interventions. She brings over two decades of Nursing, Coaching, and health promotion experience to her work supporting sustainable, patient-centered behavior change.
How the Course Works
Learn through 12 recorded modules you can complete on your own schedule. You have one full year of access to the course.
Join monthly live sessions with faculty to deepen your understanding, clarify concepts, and explore real-world application of Lifestyle Nursing principles. (Yes, they are recorded if you can't attend live!)
Engage in journaling prompts, reflective exercises, and case-based scenarios designed to help you integrate Lifestyle Nursing into your professional practice safely and confidently.
Connect with other nurses in private, course-specific discussion forums. Share insights, ask questions, explore module concepts, and learn from the experiences of your peers.
Each module includes a short quiz to reinforce key concepts. All quizzes are open-book with unlimited attempts, designed to enhance learning—not create pressure.
Access curated Lifestyle Medicine resources, research summaries, and patient education tools that help you understand the science, support behavior change, and confidently apply the Six Pillars in nursing practice.
A Lifestyle Nursing approach to empower healthy behaviors and support whole-person healing within the scope of nursing practice.
Lifestyle Nursing is an evidence-based, whole-person approach that teaches nurses how to prevent, improve, and in many cases help reverse chronic disease by applying the principles of Lifestyle Medicine within the nursing scope. It draws upon the science and therapeutic framework established by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)—including the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine—and translates them into nursing-centered practice.
Lifestyle Nursing focuses on understanding how nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and reduction of risky substances influence health outcomes. Rooted in ACLM’s evidence base, this approach recognizes that health behaviors are shaped by environment, identity, trauma, social determinants, readiness, and access. Nurses learn how to turn this science into practical, personalized strategies that patients can safely and sustainably implement.
Rather than offering generalized “advice,” Lifestyle Nursing teaches nurses how to partner with patients to explore what matters most, address barriers to change, support small achievable steps, and guide sustainable behavior shifts using evidence-based methods. This work integrates behavior-change science, motivational interviewing, relationship-centered communication, and nursing presence to promote true lifestyle transformation.
Lifestyle Nursing is not about diagnosing or prescribing. It is grounded in nursing scope: education, assessment, partnership, support, and advocacy—helping people make meaningful lifestyle changes that improve health and quality of life.
A detailed look at the Lifestyle Nursing: A Lifestyle Medicine Framework for Nurses program, detailed module overviews, career paths, and more!
The Dual Certificate Pathway combines Functional Nursing and Lifestyle Nursing into one powerful, whole-systems learning experience. This option is ideal for nurses who want a comprehensive approach that integrates root-cause reasoning with evidence-based lifestyle interventions.
By enrolling in both courses together, you save $500 and earn two separate certificates—each offering one year of access, flexible pacing, and ANCC-accredited contact hours.
The Functional Nursing + Lifestyle Nursing Dual Certificate Pathway includes:
Functional Nursing + Lifestyle Nursing Dual Certificate
$4,890 value – enroll in both for $3,790 Save $500 when you bundle both programs.
Courses launch on February 2, 2026.
Early registration: Enroll by January 11, 2026 and your tuition is just $3,490.
Course launches February 2, 2026! Secure early registration pricing through January 11th.
If you are interested in INCA’s Functional Nursing: A Functional Medicine Framework for Nurses course, sign up for the Functional Nursing + Lifestyle Nursing: Dual Certificate Pathway bundle to save $500!
Original price was: $1,995.00.$1,795.00Current price is: $1,795.00.
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You will need one textbook for this course:
Yes, 65+ contact hours. Exact contact hours will be announced in December 2025.
Integrative Nurse Coach Academy is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17700.
The Lifestyle Nursing Program is designed for Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, and Nurse Coaches who want to bring evidence-based lifestyle interventions into their practice using a safe, scope-aligned nursing framework.
This program is especially well-suited for:
You are interested in the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine and want to apply ACLM’s evidence base through a nursing lens.
You want to help patients improve blood pressure, glycemic control, lipid profiles, weight, sleep, stress, and mood through therapeutic lifestyle changes.
Lifestyle Nursing blends coaching presence with evidence-based lifestyle protocols, making it an ideal next step for existing nurse coaches.
You want tools that fit naturally into wellness visits, care coordination, care management, and patient education encounters.
Even brief lifestyle conversations can influence outcomes — and this program teaches you how to do it safely and effectively.
You want an evidence-informed approach you can incorporate into advanced practice with clear scope boundaries for lifestyle prescribing, referrals, and collaborative care.
Starting February 2, 2026, you will have course access within 1 business day of registering.
Note: Course opens February 2, 2026!
You have one full year from the date of enrollment to complete the Lifestyle Nursing course. The program is entirely self-paced, allowing you to move through the 12 modules on a timeline that works for you. Most nurses finish the coursework within 8–12 weeks, but you may progress faster or slower depending on your schedule.
The course also includes Monthly Meetups with faculty, offered throughout the year. Live attendance is optional, but to receive your contact hour certificate, you must either attend 4 live meetups or watch at least 4 recordings over the 12-month access period.
Yes. You will have lifetime access to the course videos and slide decks.
You can return to the material at any time, even after you’ve completed the program.
However, to earn your certificate and contact hours, you must complete all required components within 1 year of your enrollment date.
The course also includes Monthly Meetups with faculty, offered throughout the year Live attendance is optional, but to receive your contact hour certificate, you must either attend 4 meetups live or watch at least 4 recordings over the 12-month access period.
The Lifestyle Nursing Program is unique because it is the only Lifestyle Medicine–informed course built specifically for nurses and fully grounded in the evidence-based established by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). While many Lifestyle Medicine programs are designed for physicians or interdisciplinary audiences, this curriculum translates the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine directly into nursing scope, making it immediately relevant and safe to apply in everyday practice.
Everything in this program—nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, connection, and substance reduction—is taught through a nursing lens with clear scope boundaries for RNs, APRNs, and Nurse Coaches.
Unlike many LM programs that focus heavily on clinical protocols, this course emphasizes the behavior-change science nurses need to help people actually implement lifestyle interventions.
The program teaches lifestyle strategies that nurses can use in primary care, care management, bedside care, community health, and coaching — not only in extended consult models.
The curriculum draws upon ACLM’s therapeutic framework and research foundation, adapted thoughtfully for nursing practice.
With self-paced modules, monthly meetups, discussion forums, knowledge checks, and lifetime access to videos and slides, the program is structured to support working nurses with unpredictable schedules.
INCA awards nursing continuing professional development contact hours for this course — something many LM programs do not offer.
No. Nurse Coach Board Certification eligibility is only granted by completing the Integrative Nurse Coach® Certificate Program (INCCP).
This Functional Nursing course does not meet the eligibility criteria required by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC) for the NC-BC or HWNC-BC examinations.
However, if you are already a Board-Certified Nurse Coach, this course does provide ANCC-accredited contact hours that can be used to meet the continuing education requirements for renewing your Nurse Coach certification.
No. There are no nationally recognized nursing specialty certifications in Lifestyle Medicine or Lifestyle Nursing. Lifestyle Medicine is not formally regulated as a nursing specialty by ANCC, AHNCC, or any other national nursing credentialing organization.
Some programs may offer a “certificate” or “certification,” but these are educational certificates, not official nursing specialty credentials. Nurses should always verify who is issuing any Lifestyle Medicine “certification” and whether it is a legitimate, nationally recognized credential.
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) does offer a lifestyle medicine certification pathway, but it is intended for an interdisciplinary group of licensed health professionals. ACLM determines all eligibility requirements, exam criteria, and accepted professional credentials.
Our Lifestyle Nursing Program provides a strong, nursing-aligned foundation in Lifestyle Medicine principles, behavior change, and therapeutic lifestyle interventions. However, it does not confer a regulated nursing specialty certification.
Completing the Lifestyle Nursing Program does not automatically qualify you to sit for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) certification exam. ACLM sets its own eligibility criteria, which include degree requirements, professional licensure standards, specific educational prerequisites, and exam guidelines that are independent of this course.
However, this program will give you a strong foundation in Lifestyle Medicine principles, behavior-change science, and the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine, all taught through a nursing lens. This preparation can enhance your readiness for ACLM’s certification pathway, but you are responsible for confirming your eligibility directly with ACLM and ensuring you meet all of their requirements.
At this time, ACLM is the only nationally recognized organization offering a reputable Lifestyle Medicine certification pathway. Their criteria and accepted education hours may change, so always refer to ACLM’s most up-to-date information before planning your certification route.
The Functional Nursing Program and the Lifestyle Nursing Program are complementary but distinct. Each course teaches a different part of whole-systems, integrative nursing practice.
Lifestyle Nursing teaches evidence-based lifestyle interventions and behavior-change strategies based on the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine.
You’ll learn practical ways to support patients in improving nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, social connection, and substance use.
This course focuses on how change happens and how to guide patients in adopting healthier habits.
Functional Nursing focuses on root-cause reasoning and whole-systems understanding. You’ll learn how to interpret patterns, story, physiology, stress, lifestyle, and environment through the Functional Medicine Matrix—translated fully within nursing scope.
This course teaches you why patterns occur and how to understand the deeper contributors to imbalance.
Functional Nursing = root causes, systems thinking, patterns, story, Matrix, terrain.
Lifestyle Nursing = lifestyle behaviors, evidence-based interventions, coaching for habit change.
Both align with nursing scope and complement each other. Many nurses choose to take both through the Dual Certificate Pathway to gain a complete, whole-person practice framework.
A $500 discount is provided when signing up for both programs simultaneously.
The Lifestyle Nursing Program gives you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to integrate evidence-based lifestyle interventions into your nursing practice in a way that is safe, scope-aligned, and grounded in ACLM’s Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine. You will be able to support patients in improving nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, social connection, and substance use using evidence-informed, behavior-change–driven approaches.
You will learn how to translate lifestyle science into practical strategies, help patients set achievable goals, address barriers to change, and support sustainable habits using nursing presence, motivational interviewing, and relationship-centered care. These skills can be used immediately in a wide range of settings, including primary care, care management, chronic disease programs, bedside nursing, community health, and private Nurse Coaching.
Many nurses use this preparation to deepen their existing coaching practice, enhance their clinical work, or expand into wellness-focused or preventative-care roles. While the course does not confer a regulated specialty certification, you may choose to identify yourself as a Lifestyle Nursing professional and incorporate these competencies into the practice setting of your choice.
Above all, this program prepares you to use nursing-scope lifestyle interventions to help people make meaningful, lasting changes that improve their health and quality of life.
Lifestyle Medicine is one of the most effective, evidence-supported approaches for preventing, improving, and often reversing chronic disease — yet most nurses receive little formal training in how to apply it safely and effectively. Becoming a Lifestyle Medicine Nurse allows you to bring the science of therapeutic lifestyle change into your everyday practice in a way that aligns fully with nursing scope.
Lifestyle Medicine Nurses learn how to support patients in improving nutrition, movement, sleep, stress, social connection, and substance use using evidence-based strategies drawn from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). This work fits naturally with nursing’s strengths: patient education, relationship-centered care, health promotion, coaching, and sustained partnership.
Nurses who develop Lifestyle Medicine competencies often find they can:
Improve patient outcomes through everyday conversations and brief interventions
Strengthen chronic disease management in any setting — from primary care to community health to inpatient care
Address the root contributors to illness, not just the symptoms
Support meaningful, sustainable behavior change grounded in evidence
Integrate lifestyle strategies into Nurse Coaching, health education, care coordination, or advanced practice
Expand or specialize their role in wellness, prevention, and whole-person care
Becoming a Lifestyle Medicine Nurse empowers you to make a deeper impact on the health of individuals and communities by bringing lifestyle science and behavior-change skills directly into the heart of nursing practice.
You may request a refund in writing to support@inursecoach.com within 1 business day of registering for the program.
However, once you have accepted the course invitation or accessed course materials, you are no longer eligible for a refund.
All approved refunds will have a minimum 6% processing fee deducted to cover transaction and administrative costs.
You have one full year from your enrollment date to complete all course requirements, submit the final evaluation, and receive your certificate. This one-year completion window cannot be extended for any reason, and enrollment cannot be paused or put on hold.
Even after your one-year completion window closes, you will continue to have lifetime access to the course videos and slide decks.