title: Pitfalls of preceptorship and the needs for adequate supervision.
abstract: This article provides a reflective account of an 'everyday' experience for three nurses in a cardiac high dependency unit. It discusses poor practices associated with preceptorship and illuminates the problems of developmental supervision for all levels of staff. The paper is a commentary on a nursing culture where anxieties are uncontained, creating difficulties for the development of advanced nursing practice and reflective practice.
authors.affiliation: City University, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ashburner
mesh_terms: D003325:Coronary Care Units; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011231:Preceptorship; D013850:Thinking