ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation) Continuing Education

May 26, 2021
4 min read

Updated: Oct 1

Wellcoaches supports nursing professionals throughout their careers by providing high-quality, engaging continuing education that meets ANCC Commission on Accreditation’s standards.

Our ANCC continuing education courses are for: Registered Nurses (RN), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN), and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) seeking to expand professional knowledge and competency in the nursing field. Wellcoaches partners with The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, which is an accredited and approved provider of the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC). ANCC’s Commission on Accreditation has evaluated the nursing continuing education course materials to ensure it meets industry standards and is valuable to nursing professionals. Earn your ANCC continuing education today!

ANCC Approved Continuing Education for Nurses

Core Coach Training: Module 1 -

Cohorts prior to April 2025 =38.25 CEs

Cohorts between April 2025 -Aug 2025 = 49.5 CEs

Cohort after Sept 2025=80.5 CEs

Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction

Coaching Psychology Manual by Wellcoaches

Enhance your impact as a nurse by integrating health coaching skills.

Cost: $1785 virtual classroom

Completion of Module 1 with Wellcoaches Habits course (including 100% attendance, completion of all lesson feedback surveys and a score of 80% or greater on quizzes) is required for course completion and to receive a Certificate of Attendance. See all upcoming classes.

Lesson topics include:

Differentiating the coach from the expert
How to establish growth-promoting relationships
Coaching presence
Expressing compassion through empathy
Building positive emotions for resilience
Eliciting motivation
Building self-efficacy
Readiness to change
Building powerful visions
Crafting designs for behavior experiments
Creating generative (ah-ha!) moments
Appreciative goal review

"After 44 years in nursing, your program reset my clock. I start with the positive and carry that through with all my patients. I just wanted you to know the impact you're making!"

- Susan Murphy, RN

Core Coach Training Module 2 -

Classes taken prior to April 2025 =10 CEs

Classes taken between April 2025- Aug 2025 = 45.5 CEs

(all live classes must have been taken AFTER 4/1/2025)

Classes taken after Sept 1, 2025 = 28.5 CEs

(all live classes must have been taken AFTER 9/1/2025)

Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction along with numerous e-course offerings.

Cost: $215

Continue your journey of becoming a certified health coach. Module 2 was created to further deepen coaching skills through demonstration and practice opportunities. Participants will hone in on the specific topics: Organize Your Emotions, Organize Your Mind, Wellness Visions, Generative Moments, Diversity Informed Coaching, Coaching in the Context of the Client’s Environment and Considering Mental Well-being within Coaching.

A "Certificate of Attendance" is provided following class attendance, completion of feedback surveys and passage of all knowledge assessments.

Wellcoaches Habits

Taken outside of Module 1 as a Stand alone course ONLY!

Classes taken after Sept 1, 2025 = 18.75 CEs

Self-paced, self-directed e-course Cost: $175

The 10-hour habits course includes 8 collections of self-paced video lessons to explore common growth edges that hold us back as leaders and professionals, our signposts for new insights and wisdom. The Wellcoaches habits system is designed for any coach, team or organization that aspires to a culture of coaching where everyone is growing and thriving together. The course includes a Habits Library with several collections to choose from. Our collection includes:

Behavior Change
Communication
Connection
Leveraging Emotions
Cultivating Capacities
Burnout Prevention
Transformational Leadership
The Declipse Technique ™ (preview here)

Each habit (70+ habits to choose from) comes with a 5-10 minute video, resources, reminders and tracker.

A "Certificate of Attendance " is provided following course completion, submission of feedback survey/reflection and passage of knowledge assessment.

ANCC Disclosures

Joint Provider Statement: The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Wellcoaches School of Coaching, INC are jointly providing nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours for the following educational activities. Module 1 = 80.5 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours and Module 2 = 28.5 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours and Habits (Stand alone ONLY) =18.75 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours for cohorts after Sept 1, 2025. Please see above hours for previous cohorts.

Accreditation Statement: The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Successful Completion Requirements:

Nurses completing the entire activity and the evaluation tool will be awarded a maximum of 80.5 contact hours for Module 1 (after Sept 2025), 28.5 contact hours for Module 2 (after Sept 2025) and 18.75 for Habits (stand alone only ) of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) Please see above hours for previous cohorts

Relevant Financial Relationships It is the policy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing to require nursing continuing professional development program faculty and planning committee members to disclose any financial relationship with companies providing funding or manufacturers of any commercial products discussed in the educational activity. The program

faculty and the planning committee members report they do not have financial relationships with any manufacturer of any commercial products discussed in the activity.

Content Expiration Date:

Module 1 - Sept 1, 2028

Module 2 - August 1, 2026

Habits - Sept 1, 2028

Commercial Support: This educational activity has not received any form of commercial support.

Non-Endorsement of Products: The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) does not endorse the use of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.