Are you a Nurse interested in functional health?

Are you wanting to learn the fundamentals and implement into your practice without going back to school, spending $ or more years gaining your education?

Are you a Nurse who wants to pivot their practice to incorporate more nutrition?

Then the Certificate in Integrative Health and Functional Nutrition Course is for you!

In this course, you’ll learn the major differences in functional, integrative and conventional approaches to chronic disease management. You’ll learn how to asses and evaluate for the root causes of illnesses such Diabetes, Hypertension, Anxiety/Depression and others You’ll understand integrative approaches that functional health practitioners use such as nutrition, stress management, supplements, mind-body medicine, mindfulness and more to help their clients. At the culmination of the program, you’ll be able tocreate an integrative care plan for each chronic illness: Diabetes, Hypertension, Anxiety, Depression, Obesity, Insomnia and Chronic Pain. Don’t miss this opportunity to up level your practice!

To successfully complete this course and receive 23 CE contact hours, participants must:

• demonstrate ability to create 7 care plans for each diagnosis: Hypertension, Obesity, Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Diabetes and Insomnia

• successful completion of post-test with a score 80% or higher

• completion of evaluation form at the end of course

Course taught by Dr. Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN and is online course.

After registration, participants will receive an educational portal to access modules online.

No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with an ineligible company.

Expires 08/31/2025

Syllabus

• Overview of Functional, Integrative and Conventional Health Approaches

• Functional Approaches to Chronic Illness:

• Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Nutrient Deficiencies, Increased Gastric Permeability, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction

• Functional Assessment and Lab Testing

• Exploration of Functional Nutrition

• Lifestyle Approaches to Chronic Disease

• Functional Approach to Diabetes

• Functional Approach to Hypertension

• Functional Approach to Anxiety

• Functional Approach to Depression

• Functional Approach to Obesity

• Functional Approach to Chronic Pain

• Functional Approach to Insomnia

• Formulating an Integrative Care Plan

Next Cohort starts February 28! Only 10 spots available.

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses  Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation..

Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.