Clinical supervision: a challenge for critical care nurses.
Clinical supervision is defined and its implementation nationally is charted. Recognised models and choosing the appropriate model for implementing clinical supervision are discussed. A description of the initiatives undertaken with regard to clinical supervision within Southend Hospital is included, with particular reference to the Adult Intensive Therapy Unit; possible ways forward are identified. Quantitative data, obtained through a pilot questionnaire, from identifiable intensive therapy units across the North Thames and Eastern Region, are analysed.
Spencer
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Southend Hospital NHS Trust, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 0RY. itu@hospital.southend.nhs.uk
Kinnear
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Vieira
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D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce