Clinical Supervision in Nursing: Importance in the Development of Nursing Students

Abstract

Clinical supervision encompasses the monitoring and development of professional skills aimed at the quality of care provided, the safety of clients themselves and professional satisfaction, being developed by peers and involving collaborative processes; mediation; sharing and joint reflection. The supervisor challenges the supervisee to commit to their teaching-learning process and the acquisition and development of skills, acting and reflecting in a considered, realistic and constructive way, based on the references of the Nursing profession. It seeks to serve as a guiding guide and develop a mediating and cooperative relationship, in which strategies and rhythm are constantly adjusted according to the needs of the supervisee and to serve as a reference model for the process of consolidating the supervisee's personal and professional identity. Clinical supervision is then considered as a facilitating means for optimizing nursing student performance, as it implies understanding students at their different levels of development in relation to the activities they have to develop.