title: A telephone-led clinical supervision pilot for nurses in different settings.
abstract: An NHS Direct centre provided the facilities for nurses to undergo telephone supervision as a way to meet their professional development requirements and carry out structured reflection on their practice. The process is backed by a dedicated database. To some extent the methods mirrored those used in contacts with patients. This paper looks at the lessons and potential of this pilot.
authors.affiliation: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire NHS Direct.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winter
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine; D013689:Telephone