Clinical Supervision in Nursing Discussion 2022

Running head: CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN NURSING
CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN NURSING
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CLINICAL SUPERVISION IN NURSING
Despite of the discussion on implications of clinical supervision in the mental health
setting, evidences have shown that acute mental health settings continue to face challenges with
the acceptance of clinical supervision and the underlying implementation process (Cleary,
Horsfall & Happell, 2010). In the recent years, clinical supervision has been proved to be an
important component of psychiatry, mental health nursing and social work. Clinical supervision
is therefore considered to be an important factor for managing and maintaining an effective
mental health competent nursing workforce. However, the healthcare organizations have faced
significant challenges in this area since nursing workforce are found to be reluctant in pursuing
clinical supervision (Cleary, Horsfall & Happell, 2010).
Clinical supervision is an important aspect of delivering high quality care to the patients
enabling the nurses to develop their knowledge and skills through a process of continuous
research and learning with professional support and supervision with experienced colleague
(Snowdon, Leggat & Taylor, 2017). Although, recent evidences have shown that clinical
supervision has improved the quality of nursing care, it is not well established and often
misunderstood in the practice setting. Through the process of clinical supervision, it is possible
to improve the quality of practice in nurses by enriching the activity that aims to provide a forum
for shared knowledge and understanding on healthcare (Dilworth et al., 2013). According to the
authors, clinical supervision has the ability to develop more creative and innovative approaches
to healthcare through a shared expertise and experience (Dilworth et al., 2013). However, unless
clinical supervision is well understood and effectively implemented, expectations will not be met
(Cleary, Horsfall & Happell, 2010).