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Clinical Supervision: What Is It?

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Clinical Supervision in Practice

Abstract

The professional and political reasons for the inclusion, as a high priority, of clinical supervision on the national nursing agenda are discussed and the main ‘drivers’ of current activity in clinical supervision explored. Various definitions of clinical supervision are offered, and the principles and ground rules necesssary for its effective implementation and anticipated outcomes are described.

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  1. NT Research, UK

    Veronica Bishop SRN, FRSA, MPhil, PhD (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant) (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant)

  2. Anglia Polytechnic University, UK

    Veronica Bishop SRN, FRSA, MPhil, PhD (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant) (Editor, visiting professor, Health Care Consultant)

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Bishop, V. (1998). Clinical Supervision: What Is It?. In: Bishop, V. (eds) Clinical Supervision in Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14527-0_1

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