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Clinical Supervision Handbook
The clinical supervisor explains that the focus is on the professional development
of the nurse in the context of his or her work with the client, rather than on the
development of action plans for the nurse’s personal problems. In other words, the
focus is on the nurse’s process and behaviour with the client. The clinical supervisor
explains that clinical supervision is an opportunity for nurses to turn what they
know and feel into skillful action by paying deliberate attention to their experience,
and critically analyzing feelings and observations. The intended outcome is a new
perspective on a situation that they initially found puzzling or surprising.
A Multi-Method Professional
Development Approach in
Daily Practice
INTEGRATED CARE AND BUILDING CAPACITY IN
THE SCHIZOPHRENIA PROGRAM
In order to support staff to practice new skills and reflect on how it will change clinical
practice, staff members have needed supervision and coaching to increase their
confidence and knowledge base to address concurrent disorders. One of the camh’s
strategic directions focuses on providing integrated care to clients. Best practice literature
suggests that program integration means:
[M]ental health treatments and substance abuse treatments are
brought together by the same clinicians/support workers, or team of
clinicians/support workers, in the same program, to ensure that the
individual receives a consistent explanation of illness/problems and a
coherent prescription for treatment rather than a contradictory set of
messages from different providers. (Health Canada, 2001, p. vii)
Consequently, the clinical staff continues to develop skills to address how addictions
and mental health impact each other when working with clients.
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