SUPERVISION 2
Theoretical Analysis/ Application
I would have handled the current situation differently in certain ways. Firstly, I would
have delegated the task and then ensured effective completion through appropriate supervision
strategy. In the current situation, SN Mary delegated the task to Tom and instructed him on what
to do. However, Mary failed to assess and follow up on the progress of the delegated task. Thus,
only two of the four components of effective supervision process was employed. Supervision
entails provision of guidance, direction, evaluation, and follow up by the superintendent for
accomplishment of a delegated task (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch (2016). Effective supervision
includes initial as well as ongoing direction, procedural guidance, surveillance and assessment,
and follow-up. It involves the active practice of giving instructions, guiding, and influencing the
performance of a person (Porter-O’Grady & Malloch (2016). The aim of supervision is to offer a
basis for monitoring, evaluating, assessing feedback, and receive feedback while accomplishing
a task, which can lead to skill development (Dehghani, Nasiriani, & Salimi, 2016). As such, sole
instructions to avoid serving any food to the patient and to place a nil by mouth signage near the
patient’s bed was not adequate. Rather, these instructions would have been accompanied by
evaluation and periodic inspection of how Tom was handling the activity while offering ongoing
guidance to ensure the nil by mouth outcome was met.
The failure to prevent the patient from feeding can also be associated to failure by the
staff nurse to put into consideration that she had delegated a task to a student nurse and thus
respond appropriately by offering regulatory supervision. Nurses have a professional
accountability of providing regulatory supervision of activities conducted by nursing students
(British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals, n.d.). Regulatory supervision is comprised
of four processes, namely, (a) knowing the competencies of the student nurse, (b) authorizing the

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