Fundamental Themes in Clinical Supervision

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John R. Cutcliffe, Tony Butterworth, Brigid Proctor
Psychology Press, 2001 - Medical - 331 pages
Clinical supervision has been available to nurses for over a decade. This book, edited by leading practitioners in the field, looks at how clinical supervision has developed during this period and what the issues are for the future, including:
* education and training in clinical supervision
* the introduction of clinical supervision into policy and practice
* the practice of clinical supervision within the different nurse specialisms
* current research activity
* international perspectives and experiences.
The book is firmly grounded in clinical practice and all the contributors write from real experience. They include clinicians, educationalists, researchers and policy makers from the UK, Finland, America and Australia.
Containing the latest research evidence,Fundamental Themes in Clinical Supervisiondemonstrates the potential of this form of training to support staff and improve client care an essential tool for nurses and other health professionals.
 

Contents

Personal and professional
9
Training for the supervision alliance attitude skills
25
An alternative training approach in clinical supervision
47
Visions from the classroom
64
Developmental transitions towards effective education
84
Implementing clinical supervision in a NHS community
99
A personal experience
112
Implementing clinical supervision in a large acute
141
Providing cross discipline group supervision to
198
Developing methods for evaluating clinical supervision
210
Case
225
An Australian perspective on clinical supervision
259
Clinical supervision in Finland history education
284
A North American perspective on clinical supervision
303
Clinical supervision and clinical governance for
316
Index
323

My path towards clinical excellence
159
Personal
185

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