Good characteristics of a clinical supervisor: A community mental health nurse perspective

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 713-722

  Sloan, Graham ^a,b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Strathdoon House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical supervision; Community mental health nurse; Focus group; Good characteristics; Nominal group technique; Thematic content analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; NURSING, TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033193181     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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