Clinical supervision and preceptorship/tutorship: contributions to the Supervised Curricular Internship in Nursing Education

Abstract

Objective: To reflect on the contributions of the clinical supervision and preceptorship/tutorship as means to approach and engage nurses of healthcare services in activities related to the Supervised Curricular Internship, discussing conceptual, theoretical, and practical approaches for higher education in nursing. Method: This is a reflection based on the discursive formulation concerning clinical supervision and preceptorship/tutorship. Results: Clinical supervision has been widely used by international healthcare institutions to qualify the work processes of nurses, supporting their self-development. Currently, is has been supporting the work of nurses who are preceptors/tutors and monitors students on clinical internships. Final considerations: The clinical supervision of nursing students features a robust and effective strategy for the development of interns and for the completion of the teaching-service integration.

Desafios na formação de enfermeiros na perspectiva dos egressos/Challenges in training nurses from the perspective of graduates

“…Essa desconexão traz prejuízos acadêmicos e é um obstáculo para que o discente vivencie a resolução de conflitos e o gerenciamento de equipe durante o ECS. Os discentes só participarão ativamente da produção do trabalho em saúde por meio da efetiva participação dos enfermeiros dos serviços no processo de formação profissional (25) .…”

“…Alguns elementos atuam como facilitadores na transição da vida acadêmica para a profissional, como a formação acadêmica calcada em bons ensinamentos teóricos e a vivência de estágios. Diante de um cenário profissional desafiador faz-se necessário uma reestruturação do ensino superior e políticas públicas robustas para valorização da enfermagem, visando à qualificação e diminuição da evasão profissional (25) .…”

Impact of a model of clinical supervision over the emotional intelligence capacities of nurses

“…Em 2010, a Ordem dos Enfermeiros Portuguesa publicou o Modelo de Desenvolvimento Profissional, onde salientou a importância do processo de supervisão, que para além do mecanismo de suporte para os enfermeiros e para a sua prática, seria uma garantia de segurança e qualidade assistencial (9) . No Brasil, apesar de estar previsto um Estágio Curricular Supervisionado, este encontra dificuldades na sua efetivação por falta de clareza no papel do enfermeiro supervisor, e por dificuldades de regulação dos campos de prática clínica (10) .…”

Supervised internship in undergraduate nursing courses in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

“…In Brazil, the training of nurses has been widely debated by educational institutions, bodies representing the class and the government, which has generated numerous opinions and resolutions. Several points of disagreement have been elucidated over the years, however, other problems seem to generate greater discomfort, such as the development of Supervised Curricular Internship (Estágio Curricular Supervisionado, ECS) in health services (4) .…”

“…The ECS has a central role in the training of nurses, because it aims to give the future professional greater mastery of the practice, articulation of knowledge and fundamental actions to instrumentalize the working process of the profession (6) . In addition to presenting itself as an integrating instrument between the HEIs and the Health Institutions, it is a curricular component that allows for the insertion of the student in the real world of work, mediated by the figure of the teacher and tutored by the professional nurse who works in the scenario where the teaching practices (4)(5)(6) .…”