title: Developing a manual for strengthening mental health nurses' clinical supervision.
abstract: In this article, we report findings from a study aimed at developing the content and implementation of a manual for a research-based intervention on clinical supervision of mental health nursing staff. The intervention was designed to strengthen already existing supervision practices through educational preparation for supervision and systematic reflection on supervision. The intervention consists of three sessions and was implemented on two groups of mental health hospital staff. We present an outline of the manual and explain how the trial sessions made us adjust the preliminary manual. The effects of implementing the manual will subsequently be analysed in an independent randomised controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Public Health, Odense, Denmark. nbuus@health.sdu.dk
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buus
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cassedy
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gonge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D003718:Denmark; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008611:Mentors / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing