Essentials of Holistic Nursing Practice – A Certification Exam Preparation Course
This interactive course is designed to help you prepare for holistic nursing certification. It is guided by holistic nursing core values, philosophy, principles, standards, theories, and evidence – based and best practice.
Emphasis is on holistic caring, communication, therapeutic relationships, self-reflection and self-care, legal and ethical issues, and promoting caring and healing environments across different cultures, a variety of care settings, populations, and communities. Course content and activities are designed to help you be successful in not only preparing for and pursuing holistic nursing certification, but they will also assist in integrating holistic nursing into your current practice.
Key Course Takeaways
- Comprehensive understanding of Holistic Nursing Practice.
- Working knowledge of holistic caregiving and how it can be practiced.
- Ways in which to integrate holistic nursing into your current practice.
- Strategies to enhance self-health, resilience, and reflective practice.
- Approaches to promoting healing environments for self and others.
- A personal plan of intention and action to prepare for and take the exam.
- Confidence that will help you be successful on the certification exam.
How is the Course Delivered?
There are eight – three hour on-line asynchronous lessons that cover key content, activities, and resources needed to prepare for and be successful on the certification exam.
- Holistic Core Values, Philosophy, and Principles
- Holistic Theory and Caring/Healing Environments
- Holistic Communication and Therapeutic Relationships
- Holistic Modalities and Best Practices
- Promoting Holistic Health and Well-Being
- Holistic Assessment
- Holistic Nursing and a Profession and Discipline
- Preparing for the Certification Exam
Note: This course is now being offered by The Roe Group Enterprises, LLC

Mastery Learning
This interactive course offers direction and strategy for those who facilitate the learning of those preparing to enter a career path in any field or discipline. It is also helpful when facilitating the learning for practice-based professions, adults re-entering or returning to the workforce, or workers in organizational settings.
Mastery learning ensures that learners can achieve needed knowledge and skill if given sufficient time, appropriate instruction, ongoing and specific feedback, and encouragement. Rather than teaching at a fixed pace with fixed content, learning occurs by identifying readiness outcomes, a standard of learning, specific assessment, along with varying the time and support needed.
How is the Course Delivered?
There are ten – three hour on-line asynchronous lessons that cover key content, activities, and resources needed to prepare for and be successful as a facilitator of learning.
1. The Essentials
2. Competency Based Education and Career Readiness
3. Facilitating Learning
4. Backward Design, Scaffolding, and Pacing
5. IPRA: A Design and Feedback Model
6. Creating Focused Syllabi, Course and Student Learning Outcomes
7. Using Technology and Simulation
8. Assessing and Evaluating Performance and Readiness
9. Mapping Curriculum for Alignment and Progression
10. Putting It All Together

Holistic Nursing Assistant – Fundamentals of Caregiving
This interactive course is designed to provide the knowledge and practical skills needed to offer safe, compassionate, holistic care. Throughout the course, explore how experiences, values, relationships, environment, and personal preferences shape health and care needs. Learn to enhance caregiving skills through trusting relationships, recognizing individual strengths, promoting comfort and independence, communicating effectively, and honoring each person’s dignity and choices. Approach caregiving with attention to the whole person while also learning to care for self.
