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Oct 27, 20255 min
Functional Medicine for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners: What It Looks Like in Practice
Functional nursing isn’t a trend. It’s a professional transformation , and it’s already happening. If you’ve ever wondered what it really  looks like to integrate functional medicine into nursing practice, you're not alone. One of the most common questions I get from nurses is: “What can I actually do  with this training?” The answer? A lot more than you might think. At this point, I have trained over a thousand nurses and nurse practitioners who are now weaving functional medicine principles...

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Oct 27, 20256 min
Functional Medicine for Nurses: What Happens After the INCA Program Ends?
If you’re an RN or NP who completed the Functional Medicine for Nurses course that I developed and taught through the Integrative Nurse Coach Academy (INCA), you’ve likely heard the news: the program is coming to a close at the end of this current cohort. And if you’re anything like the many students I have heard from recently—you’re probably asking: “Now what?” “Is there a next step?” “How do I keep growing in this specialty I love?” You’re not alone. The truth is, functional medicine for...

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Oct 27, 20256 min
How Functional Medicine Nurses Can Access Lab Tests—Legally and Safely
In my recent blog,   Are Labs Within a Nurse’s Scope of Practice? Let’s Reframe the Conversation ,  we explored one of the most common roadblocks nurses face when transitioning into holistic or functional practice: lab testing. The feedback I received afterward was overwhelming, and familiar. “I want my patients to have access to labs, but I’m terrified of crossing scope boundaries." “My patients are asking for testing, but I don’t have a safe way to support them.” “I feel stuck between...

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Brigitte Sager

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DNP, ARNP, FNP-C, APHN-BC, HWNC-BC, IFMCP, CNE

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