Clinical supervision and support for nurses: an evaluation study

Abstract

Where resources are limited, it is better to concentrate on providing clinical supervision to more junior grades of nurses as a valued form of support during their early years as qualified practitioners.

Stress and stressors in the clinical environment: a comparative study of fourth‐year student nurses and newly qualified general nurses in Ireland

“…In conclusion, Gerrish (2000) affirms that support in the form of preceptorship programmes was useful for the easing of role transition in the early months after registration. Teasdale et al (2001) concurred with this view in a comparative study aimed at assessing effects of clinical supervision and informal support on qualified nurses.…”

“…Harvey et al (2002) suggest the appointment of a supporting role to facilitate the narrowing of theory -practice divide as is cited by many previous studies (Drennan, 2002;Maben et al, 2006). Supporting roles cited in previous literature ranged in title from clinical facilitator (Kelly et al, 2002), lecturer practitioner (Dearmun, 2000), clinical education facilitator (Lambert and Glacken, 2005) and clinical supervisor (Teasdale et al, 2001;Kilcullen, 2007), all of whom the collective remit is to facilitate learning in the clinical environment. What appears to be the main advantage of these supporting roles lies in the supporter's undivided attention towards the learning needs of the employee.…”

“…The focus of this instrument is on burnout, which is a prolonged response to chronic and interpersonal stressors on the job (Maslach and Jackson 1981;Maslach, 2003). The 'Nursing in Context Questionnaire' (NICQ Brocklehurst, 1999in Teasdale et al, 2001) was also used. Findings from the latter questionnaire revealed that differences between groups were significant.…”

Development of a multi-media book for clinical super- vision training in an undergraduate nursing programme

“…To try and bridge these barriers, Haggman-Laitila and colleagues [4] provided educators and practitioners with a clinical supervision model for nursing students. The researchers used a collaborative approach involving all those concerned in the process of clinical supervision.…”

“…The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK, supports the establishment of supervision as an important part of clinical governance and is in the interests of improving standards of patient care [3] . However, although clinical supervision has been widely accepted as a means to support clinical governance and improve standards of care, its implementation has been haphazard within the nursing profession [4,5] .…”