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Clinical supervision: A panacea for missed care
Kathleen Markey1, Louise Murphy2, Claire O'Donnell1
1Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Clinical supervision offers a solution-focused approach to reduce missed nursing care by supporting nurses and fostering professional development. Implementing this strategy is crucial for improving patient care standards.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Management
- Patient Care Quality
Background:
- Missed nursing care is a pervasive issue with extensive research on its types and causes.
- The effectiveness of solution-focused interventions, such as clinical supervision, in reducing missed care remains under-explored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose clinical supervision as a solution-focused strategy to mitigate missed nursing care incidents.
- To highlight the role of clinical supervision in supporting nurses in demanding healthcare settings.
Main Methods:
- Literature review to support the proposed benefits of clinical supervision.
- Conceptual framework linking clinical supervision to reduced missed care.
Main Results:
- Clinical supervision cultivates supportive work environments.
- It provides opportunities for critical reflection on caring values.
- It encourages commitment to higher care standards and the courage to challenge them.
Conclusions:
- Clinical supervision is underutilized despite evidence of its benefits for nursing care standards.
- Nurse managers must champion clinical supervision to enhance care quality.
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