This Nursing Life: Beyond The Shift 

Beyond The Shift is an international community of nurses who are focused on how to be whole people. Beyond The Shift includes a foundation course of 10 hours and then an option to continue in community with graduates of the foundation program.

Beyond The Shift members access group coaching and community to grow their capacity for self care and care of colleagues. They are focused on the relational skills and the personal skills that help them create wellbeing, connection and capacity for rewarding and satisfying careers in healthcare.  

As the community evolves we expect to include lots of options like 1:1 coaching, group coaching, guest speakers, retreats and a very useful curated library of resources. What evolves first will depend what the members tell us they need. We will start with group coaching.

For nurses who work in inpatient and outpatient care, nurse practitioners, midwives, primary care nurses, community nurses, nurses who work in aged care and disability services. If you are unsure email [email protected]  and lets work it out together - that's what happens in this pilot phase :)

Coaching is a process of shared dialogue that is confidential and forward focused on creating a better future or reaching our goals.

The Coach and the coaches co-create the process with the coaches brining their particular content and the coach holding the process. 

Beyond The Shift is a hybrid group coaching process because the coaches do bring some curriculum for the group to consider together and for individuals to then apply to their own specific situation.

Coaching is bespoke personal and professional development , not training and not therapy.

In group coaching peers learn from each other's examples. Members share their example and are coached in the presence of the rest of the group for shared impact.

Beyond The Shift may include 1:1 private coaching in the community program after the gateway course if the membership seeks it. 1:1 coaching will NOT be provided in the pilot phase of the program.

When you register to be a Beta Tester of the pilot Beyond The Shift foundation course you will get to participate in all five modules for $197AUD - less than half the retail price that will be $487AUD from June 2025.

On completion of the online course you will be issued with a certificate for the hours attended, that you can use for CPD. 

As a Beta Tester we will ask you to complete ongoing evaluation of the program refining the curriculum and the processes from your perspective as our client for future participants.

We will also ask you to promote the program on completion, if you have experienced value, to your own networks including on social media.

At completion of the foundation course, which is the gateway into the Beyond The Shift community you will be invited to join us as a Founding Member. Again this offer will be at a significantly reduced rate. You will have the opportunity to subscribe as a monthly or annual member. As a Founding Member we will continue to invite you to help us co-create an incredible community that supports and uplifts our nurses and midwives.

Three ways.

1. Take the free scorecard - no obligation, take what you learn and use it to motivate you!

2. Register to join the pilot foundation course as a Beta Tester commencing in April (after Easter). Choose 5 weekly live workshops OR 5 fortnightly workshops. 

3. Decide to continue on as a Founding Member in the Beyond The Shift community. Access to the community will open in May 2025. The foundation course is a pre-requisite for the community (the only way in! No exceptions)

You should expect confidentiality, community, skill development, encouragement, hope and fun!

You can expect that our team will welcome you warmly and that your experience with Coaching for Nurses will add value to your life as a nurse. You can expect us to partner with you in a way that allows you to practice your skills, stretch your capacity and expand your network for positive impact in healthcare and in your life more broadly.

Beyond The Shift has been created to support, nourish and expand the experience of nurses in their lives , including their work.  

We are creating a space for connection, joy, uplift for nurses of all specialties including midwives.

People in this community are proactive, keen to grow their personal agency in their own lives and in the lives of those they care about. Beyond The Shift Members are willing to learn, understand that we can all change and that it begins with knowing ourselves.

The intention of Beyond The Shift is to empower and engage nurses because we know when they are well and feel valued, they can be the caregivers they imagined they would be for their patients.

Beyond The Shift is grounded in many theories of psychology, sociology,  anthropology, neuroscience, community development and organisational theory including, but not limited to:

• Positive Psychology
• Relational Frame Theory
• Acceptance and Commitment Training
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• The Integral Model
• Coaching Theory
• Motivation Theory
• Change Management Theory
• Stages of Grief Model
• Systems Theory

Coaching for Nurses is founded by Sharee Johnson, Founder of Coaching for Doctors. Whilst we have eight years of expereince developing Coaching for Doctors we recognise that nursing is a different field of specialty and that within it there are many sub specialties. That's why we love co-design models and why we take the time to work with pilots and to evolve our programs with our clients. We look forward to learning together how to provide the community nurses actually want!