Keeping support and clinical supervision on your agenda
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Evidence and practice    

Keeping support and clinical supervision on your agenda

Iain Colthart Research and information officer, NHS Education for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Kathleen Duffy Head of programme, NHS Education for Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
Valerie Blair Head of programme, NHS Education for Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
Lesley Whyte Associate director, NHS Education for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Support and clinical supervision can benefit staff and service users. Inquiries have highlighted lack of support and clinical supervision as potential contributory factors for adverse care events. For support and clinical supervision to be embedded effectively, leaders and managers must value and promote them in their organisations. This article describes practical steps to support implementation of clinical supervision. By examining the main stages of supervision and preparation, evaluation of process and outcomes, and practical considerations, the article supports healthcare managers to encourage staff engagement and to implement a clinical supervision process.

Nursing Management. doi: 10.7748/nm.2018.e1804

Citation

Colthart I, Duffy K, Blair V et al (2018) Keeping support and clinical supervision on your agenda. Nursing Management. doi: 10.7748/nm.2018.e1804

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and has been checked for plagiarism using automated software

Correspondence

iain.colthart@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

Published online: 28 November 2018

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