Integrative Nurse Coach Academy

What Integrative Nurse Coach Academy does

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy (INCA) is a privately held education company operating as Integrative Nurse Coach Academy, LLC, headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. INCA delivers accredited nurse coaching certification and specialty nursing programs to registered nurses and healthcare organizations worldwide, anchored by the Integrative Nurse Coach® Certificate Program (INCCP) — an ANCC-accredited, 200+ contact hour cohort-based certification endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA). The program is positioned as the pioneer of the nurse coaching discipline and produces graduates eligible for national board certification (NC-BC, HN-BC) through the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC).

INCA's product portfolio has expanded beyond the flagship INCCP to include on-demand specialty certificate programs covering Functional Nursing, Lifestyle Nursing, CannyNurse® (cannabis nursing), End-of-Life Coaching, Homeopathy for Nurses, and Nursing Pathways in Psychedelic Care, plus a 2025 dual-certificate pathway combining functional and lifestyle nursing. Course delivery runs on the Canvas Learning Management System (academy.integrativenurse.coach) with one-year access for self-paced programs; cohort-based INCCP cohorts run 3-4 times annually with limited seats per cohort. Supporting assets include a nurse coaching textbook, a customer knowledge base, an integrative health & wellness self-assessment tool, and a weekly podcast ("Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION!").

The business model combines one-time certificate tuition (with payment plan options carrying administrative fees) and on-demand specialty course fees, distributed via direct-to-consumer website enrollment, an inside-sales admissions team staffed by program graduates, an affiliate program, and an organic content marketing funnel across podcast, blog, social media, webinars, and email. INCA reports a global alumni community of 1,200+ graduates (as of 2022) and claims thousands of nurses in its broader community. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy

Legal name

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy, LLC

Website

https://inursecoach.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy (INCA) is an ANCC-accredited education company offering nurse coaching certification and specialty nursing programs to registered nurses and healthcare organizations worldwide, delivered online via Canvas LMS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nursing Continuing Education and Certification

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online Healthcare & Nursing Universities (Allied Health, RN-to-BSN, etc.) (EDAHALAF)

Keywords

• Nurse coaching certification
• Holistic nursing education
• Nursing continuing education
• Integrative health training
• Specialty nursing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP): Cohort-based certificate program with upfront tuition or payment plan options. Includes 200+ contact hours, mentorship, peer coaching, and supervised practice. Leads to certification.
2. Specialty Programs: On-demand specialty certificate programs including Functional Nursing, Lifestyle Nursing, CannyNurse (Cannabis Nursing), End-of-Life Coaching, Homeopathy for Nurses, and Nursing Pathways in Psychedelic Care. One-year access model.
3. Payment Plan Administrative Fees: Payment plans carry one-time administrative fees. Processing fees of 6% applied to approved refunds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy (INCA) sells online continuing education and certification programs for registered nurses. The flagship is the ANCC-accredited Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP), a cohort-based program delivering 200+ contact hours covering whole-person care, healing presence, behavior change, and evidence-informed coaching. INCA also sells self-paced specialty certificate programs in Functional Nursing, Lifestyle Nursing, cannabis nursing, end-of-life coaching, homeopathy, and psychedelic care, delivered through the Canvas LMS.

Product overview

Integrative Nurse Coach Academy operates as a multi-program education platform offering nurse coaching certification and specialty nursing programs. The core product is the ANCC-accredited Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP), a 200+ contact hour cohort-based certification providing whole-person care training with mentorship. Supporting the core program is a portfolio of on-demand specialty certificate programs including Functional Nursing, Lifestyle Nursing, CannyNurse (cannabis nursing), End-of-Life Coaching, Homeopathy for Nurses, and Nursing Pathways in Psychedelic Care. The platform also provides the Canvas-based learning management system for content delivery, a customer support knowledge base, and educational resources including a textbook and podcast. Programs are delivered via self-paced online courses with one-year access periods for specialties, and cohort-based cohorts for the INCCP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CannyNurse: Cannabis nursing certificate program offered by INCA.
• Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP)
• Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION

Products and services

• Integrative Nurse Coach® Certificate Program (INCCP)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAHNA has endorsed the Integrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program (INCCP). The program meets all Coaching and Contact Hour Requirements for national Board Certification as a Nurse Coach and Holistic Nurse through the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC).
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINCA is an ANCC Accredited Provider of nursing continuing professional development. The ANCC Commission on Accreditation has accredited INCA to provide contact hours for nursing professional development.
• Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership announced in press releases for Functional Medicine education. INCA programs incorporate functional medicine frameworks for nurses through specialized tracks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nurse Coach Collective: The Nurse Coach Collective offers a flagship nurse coach certification program for RNs preparing for board certification, directly overlapping with INCA's INCCP in target customer (registered nurses), curriculum focus (integrative nurse coaching), and credentialing pathway (NC-BC).
• Wellcoaches: Wellcoaches provides health and wellness coaching certification programs for healthcare professionals and is a long-established peer in the coaching-for-clinicians space, with comparable inside-sales admissions and self-paced/cohort delivery models.

Emerging players

• Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA): FMCA partners with the Institute for Functional Medicine to train health coaches in functional medicine frameworks. It overlaps with INCA's new Functional Nursing and Lifestyle Nursing specialty tracks on functional and lifestyle medicine content for clinicians.

Broad incumbents

• MedBridge: MedBridge is a large continuing-education platform for healthcare professionals (PT/OT, nursing, allied health). It overlaps with INCA as a nursing CE provider but does not focus specifically on nurse coaching or specialty certifications such as cannabis or psychedelic care.
• Nurse.com / Relias: Nurse.com (part of Relias) is a broad incumbent providing nursing continuing education, certification prep, and workforce solutions to health systems, overlapping with INCA on ANCC-accredited nursing CE but at much greater scale and with employer-channel focus.
• Coursera: Coursera partners with universities and healthcare organizations to deliver online nursing certificate and CE programs. It is comparable as an online education distribution channel but is not specialized in nurse coaching or the niche specialty categories INCA targets.
• Mayo Clinic: Mayo Clinic offers continuing nursing education and certificate programs through its academic medical center, competing with INCA in nursing CE but as part of a much broader clinical and education portfolio rather than a focused nurse-coaching offering.
• Duke University School of Nursing: Duke University School of Nursing provides online certificate, CE, and degree programs for RNs, including specialty tracks. It is comparable to INCA in nursing continuing education and online delivery but competes from a university brand rather than a focused nurse-coaching program.

Others

• American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA): AHNA is the professional association that endorses INCA's INCCP and supports holistic nursing certification. It is adjacent rather than competitive — it accredits/endorses curricula and supports the holistic nurse community that INCA draws from.
• Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM): IFM is a strategic partner of INCA and a leading functional medicine education provider. It is adjacent as a content and partnership source for INCA's Functional Nursing specialty program rather than a direct competitor in nurse coaching.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/inursecoach
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@nursecoach
• Facebookfacebook.com/inursecoach
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/nursecoach
• Instagraminstagram.com/inursecoach

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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