Clinical supervision: What do we know and what do we need to know? A review and commentary

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 577-585

  Jones, Alun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b North Wales Section of Psychological Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical supervision; Nursing; Professional relationships

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILOSOPHY, NURSING;

EID: 33750318840     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00716.x     Document Type: Review

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