The CCARE model of clinical supervision: bridging the theory-practice gap.
Clinical supervision of nursing students is a key component of nursing education. The clinical setting provides students with an opportunity to develop a professional identity, knowledge base, and the ability to transfer classroom knowledge to the clinical setting. This paper suggests a model of clinical supervision that will address how to bridge the pre-existing theory-practice gap in nursing education through an attitude of caring and the utilization of caring behaviours based on Leininger's theory of culture care. Key concepts included in this model are: communication, collaboration, application, reflection and evaluation, these concepts comprise the CCARE model of clinical supervision.
Baxter
Pamela
P
McMaster University, School of Nursing, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ont., Canada L8N 3Z5. baxterp@mcmaster.ca
D004506:Education, Nursing; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009742:Nursing Theory; D009864:Ontario; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D014163:Transfer, Psychology