New Directions for Nurses
Providing Powerful Education & Coaching to Help Nurses Become Holistically Healthier & More Effective at Home, at Work & in Their Community
Hello. My name is Sharon Burch. I'm a holistic nurse coach and educator and I founded Awakening to Grace, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Our mission is to remind people of the sacredness of life and provide education, tools and mentoring to help them become holistically healthier and more effective at home, at work and in their community.
Our view is that while there are many people who are awake to the sacredness of life, at the same time too many people are experiencing powerlessness, apathy, bullying, and greed as evidenced by the multi-faceted health crises that include systemic racism, sexism, ageism, sexual orientation biases, and so on that create unjust economic and social barriers, large-scale depression, substance abuse, suicide, climate change, toxic pollution, biodiversity losses, and more.
We believe that the root cause of these crises is a disconnection from our universal human needs for kind physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual connections with ourselves and others. We honor all religious and spiritual approaches that respect and protect life.
Our primary project is "New Directions for Nurses".
What Is New Directions for Nurses?
In New Directions for Nurses, our focus is to provide powerful education, tools and mentoring that help nurses become holistically healthier and more effective at home, at work and in their community.
We believe that if nurses were fully supported to actualize their potential, it would change the world!
Many nurses are under siege in parts of our current healthcare system. Bullying and violence in the workplace, unacceptable staff-to-patient ratios, and high complexity of patient needs are primary contributors to the national average for turnover rates being 9% to 37%, depending on geographic location and nursing specialty. These factors also influence increased risks for illness and injury on the job and a suicide rate among nurses that is significantly higher than the national average.
Many nurses need public and private support in order to stay safe in their profession and practice effectively to the full extent of their license, education and vision.
Help Us Reach 30,000 Nurses by 2030
Do you support our mission to provide powerful education, tools and mentoring that help nurses become holistically healthier and more effective at home, at work and in their community? If so, we can accomplish more when we work together. Please contact us for current opportunities.
Collaborate
Would you or your organization benefit from creating courses that help nurses develop the mindset, skills and tools they need? If so, please contact Sharon to learn how your course(s) can be approved for CE credit and marketed on our platform. Send your questions and interest to sharon@awakeningtograce.org
Volunteer
An easy way to help is to share our promotional materials with your networks, including taking them to nursing conferences and events. We also need help in writing social media content, creating graphic images and promoting our courses. If you'd like to participate, please write to sharon@awakeningtograce.org
Donate
We need donations in order to provide partial scholarships for nurses who want to enroll in our programs but cannot afford to. If you have ideas about ways we can reach people who might like to donate, please contact sharon@awakeningtograce.org. To make a donation now, click below: