Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 76-80, April 2008

Clinical supervision: Instructional strategy in the development of psychiatric nursing skills1

Department of Nursing, College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE 68106, USA

Abstract 

Clinical supervision by faculty is an important instructional strategy to reinforce acquisition and development of psychiatric nursing skills. This article discusses elements of the supervision process and describes the structuring of clinical supervision experiences in an associate degree nursing education program. A student perspective about the clinical supervision experience during her undergraduate psychiatric nursing clinical rotation is also presented.

Keywords: Clinical supervision, Reflective practice, Psychiatric nursing instructional strategy

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1 Marcy Echternacht is the primary author. Renee Youngs' contributions are from the perspective of an undergraduate nursing student engaged in the clinical supervision process as part of the psychiatric nursing clinical rotation.

PII: S1557-3087(08)00002-4

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2008.01.001

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 76-80, April 2008

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