Code of Conduct

Care Model

The health nurse coach uses the McGill Model in her practice. Based on recognizing the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the client and their family, this model involves collaboration with the client and then empowers the family. In this way, it aligns with our mission, which aims to empower the client while guiding our attitudes and practices.

Role of the Health Nurse Coach

The role of the health nurse coach includes several aspects:

– Conduct health assessments for clients.
– Identify the specific needs of the client.
– Establish a care or treatment plan for clients with chronic illnesses.
– Develop a prevention plan for clients at risk of chronic diseases, falls, or accidents.
– Provide counseling, education, and support to the client and their family.
– Facilitate change and support the client in adopting healthy lifestyle habits.
– Administer medication, care, and required treatments according to a prescription if necessary.
– Promote collaboration with the client and interdisciplinary professional practice.
– Design, develop, or adapt educational materials and clinical tools for the health of the community.

Nurse Responsibilities

The health nurse coach has the ethical responsibility to:

– Provide safe, competent, and ethical care.
– Promote health and well-being.
– Promote and respect informed decision-making.
– Preserve the dignity of the client.
– Respect privacy and protect confidentiality.
– Promote justice by protecting human rights.
– Accept accountability and be responsible for their practice.

Nurse Obligations

The health nurse coach is required to:

– Follow up with clients.
– Act as the primary healthcare professional for clients and their families.
– Have the necessary competencies to perform their duties.
– Obtain the client’s consent for any care, treatment, or other intervention.

Nurse Limitations

The health nurse coach is not intended to replace the advice of your physician or any other healthcare professional. She is a reliable complement in the areas of education, prevention, and health promotion. You should not stop your treatments or medications without the advice of your physician. Always consult your physician if your condition worsens or does not improve.

Code of Ethics

According to the Code of Ethics, the health nurse coach must:

– Act competently.
– Demonstrate integrity.
– Accept responsibility in the practice of their profession.
– Respect the confidentiality of their clients.
– Obtain the client’s consent and provide the necessary information to enable an informed decision.

Nurse Values

The general values of the health nurse coach are similar to family values and enable us to provide the best service to our clients.

– Respect: We respect your beliefs and values.
– Partnership: We work in partnership with you.
– Embracing Cultural Diversity: We welcome cultural diversity and consider it a source of richness.
– Commitment to the Community: Our services are provided directly to the community.
– Trust: Our relationship with our clients is based on trust.

Principles

1. The client represents our best source of information. They are the expert on their illness and health condition. They are the primary person who guides change and the strategies to be adopted.

2. Advice, education, and information are provided with the client’s consent and only if they feel ready, based on their life experience, knowledge, limitations, and pace.

3. Goals and the action plan are established with the client while respecting their priorities and personal values.

4. We emphasize changing unhealthy lifestyle habits to ensure a better quality of life and well-being for our clients.

5. The health nurse coach supports, motivates, assists, and guides the client toward a better quality of life and effective management of their illness or symptoms.

Interdisciplinarity

Recognizing that cross-disciplinary competencies can play an important role in achieving patients’ health goals, the health nurse coach considers interdisciplinarity as a key approach. Therefore, collaboration with other types of healthcare professionals will not be overlooked if it helps provide a sustainable solution to the health issue identified in the patient.

Partnership

In health coaching, we aim to initiate and sustain meaningful changes in health and well-being. This vision is the cornerstone of our mission. Achieving this, however, requires a strong partnership. To this end, close collaboration is established from the very first contact.

Confidentiality

The health nurse coach considers client confidentiality to be of the utmost importance. In general, the information collected from our patients and clients is confidential. Your name, address, and email are obtained only with your consent. Therefore, no information concerning you may be disclosed to anyone without your permission.

Furthermore, according to the Code of Ethics, the health nurse coach has a duty of confidentiality toward patients, which includes information collected by the nurse and disclosed by the patient. In accordance with legal and ethical responsibilities, the nurse maintains the confidentiality of clients and of the information obtained during care and services.

The confidentiality of the data provided to the health nurse coach is intended to protect personal information such as the client’s identity, contact details, medical condition, and treatment, with the goal of protecting and respecting the individual.

We do not sell or disclose our clients’ information to third parties. We may transfer your information to our partner, the medical analysis laboratory, if you use our home blood collection service. We may also communicate with your physician for the purpose of interdisciplinary collaboration. However, your consent is always required for these procedures.

The health nurse coach will never share your banking information with third parties unless you explicitly request it.

By authorizing the health nurse coach to collect your information, you allow us to personalize your experience with us so that we can provide you with high-quality service.

By submitting their information, the client agrees to receive emails only from the health nurse coach. We send emails only to individuals who have voluntarily given their consent. Therefore, you can be assured that we do not share your information with third parties unless the request comes from you.

Accountability

With the health nurse coach, you build a genuine relationship of trust based on accountability. This means that we have the moral, ethical, and legal obligation to be accountable for the interventions and actions we carry out for our clients and patients. We are fully aware of this principle and of its impact on our nursing practice.