Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is a unique nursing specialty that is committed to promoting the mental health of clients. Psychiatric mental health nurses work collaboratively with their clients to manage their mental illness. In Canada, psychiatric mental health nursing is guided by seven standards of practice, which provide guidance for nursing practice to ensure that safe, competent and ethical services are provided to clients (Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses [CFMHN] , 2006). Of these standards, standard five, which addresses the nurse who intervenes through the teaching-coaching function, will be the focus of this article. The purpose of this article is to identify the five standards of the Canadian Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (2006), describe five indicators within that standard, apply them to clinical practice, and reflect on the importance of each indicator across the literature. Teaching-Coaching Standards The Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Standards were first developed in 1995 to create a document that described the expectations of a mental health nurse. The standards outline the behaviors expected of professional nurses by incorporating vital information and new trends in the field and linking them to expected outcomes (CFMHN, 2006). The standard of teaching-coaching function is of great importance in the mental health field as it promotes nurses to understand individual client needs, supports learning related to those needs and promotes self-sufficiency in helping clients and families become more comfortable living with their mental illness and its accompanying effects (Lawlor, n.d.). Such teaching offers nurses the opportunity to make a difference... half of document...-55.Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses. (2006). Canadian Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Standards. (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Author.College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. (2007). Nursing documentation. Retrieved from https://bibliomed.bib.uniud.it/novita/nursing/nursing_documentation.pdfKelly, J., Dow, S., Yeterian, J., & Kahler, C. (2010). Can 12-step group participation strengthen and extend the benefits of adolescent addiction treatment? A prospective analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110(1-2), 117-125. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.02.019Knutson, M. B., Newberry, S. S., & Schaper, A. A. (2013). Recovery Education: a tool for psychiatric nurses. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20(10), 874-881. doi:10.1111/jpm.12043Lawlor, S. (n.d.). History of the quilt. Retrieved from http://cfmhn.ca/content/story-quilt