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Communication--a core concept in client supervision by public health nurses
Sidsel Tveiten1, Elisabeth Severinsson
1Akershus University College, Faculty of Nursing Education, Lillestrøm, Norway. sisdel.tveiten@hiak.no
Aim:
The aim of this study was to explore public health nurses' reflections on client supervision.
Background:
Reflection on actions represents a possible basis for constructing and refining assumptions on current theories used in practice thus making knowledge development possible.
Methods:
Transcript-based qualitative content analysis was used to analyse the findings from individual interviews with 13 female public health nurses.
Findings:
Communication is a core concept of client supervision by public health nurses and includes the following themes: (1) building a trusting relationship, (2) looking beyond the current situation, (3) creating a partnership and equality and (4) considering the challenge involved in trying to act in the clients' best interests.
Conclusions:
This study shows that public health nurses' reflection and reflecting related to their provision of client supervision revealed one possible assumption regarding their theories-in-use; communication is a core concept in client supervision. Communication is viewed from a hermeneutic perspective--as the meaning of the interaction between the public health nurses and the client in the supervision is reflected upon and interpreted.
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