💚 A flourishing nurse helps you flourish.
Our number one research goal at Kitchen Monk™ and Flourishing Nursing™ is to help every nurse coach become a highly successful, flourishing Nursing Ninja who is paid well — so the people caring for you can keep caring for you.
🤔 Why this matters to you
- 🧑⚕️ Continuity: when nurse coaches are supported and paid fairly, they are more likely to stay — and you keep the person who knows your story. (This is what we plan to test, not a proven result.)
- ⏱️ Time for you: manageable caseloads leave room to listen to your goals.
- 🛡️ Safety: mentoring and supervision help your coach know when to refer you to the right clinician.
🌱 What a nurse coach does
A nurse coach is a registered nurse trained to help you set your own health goals — food, movement, sleep, stress — and take small steps toward them, alongside your regular care. Coaching supports your treatment plan; it never replaces it.
🏛️ New in 2027
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on November 4, 2026 a national Medicare payment pathway for health and well-being coaching starting January 1, 2027. Whether a particular coaching visit is covered for you depends on the final rules, your plan and your care team — please ask your clinic.
🌬️ Breathe. Move. Flourish.
Qigong Nursing is our preferred gentle, optional mindful-movement approach to stress reduction — for patients and nurses alike.
🥷 Carry the Lamp. Tend the Garden. Help the nurse flourish. Pay the nurse well. Help the community flourish. 🌿
Research plan published November 9, 2026. No study has started yet and no results are claimed. No partnership with or endorsement by any organization named here is implied. Educational, not medical advice.
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