Wicked spell or magic bullet? A review of the clinical supervision literature 2001-2007.
Clinical supervision has become an established part of nursing. Implemented in various different ways it has attracted attention from the research, educator and practice communities. The literature reported and analysed in this paper describes work that may benefit professional practice but there continue to be questions about application and method. Two new messages arise from the literature. The first underscores the responsibility of health care organisations to sustain and develop clinical supervision and the second points to the potential benefit that clinical supervision may have on patient outcomes.
Tony
Butterworth
B
Centre for Clinical and Academic Workforce Innovation, University of Lincoln, Mill 3, Pleasley Vale Business Park, NG19 8RL, UK. tbutterworth@lincoln.ac.uk
Louise
Bell
B
Christine
Jackson
J
Majda
Pajnkihar
P
D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom