Manal M Ibrahim
Menoufia University, Egypt
Title: Impact of a clinical supervision program on unit managers skills at Menoufia University Hospitals
Biography
Biography: Manal M Ibrahim
Abstract
Supervised clinical practice plays a significant role in professional nursing studies. It guarantees the high quality of nursing education reinforces the professionalism of graduating students and promotes the appeal of the nursing profession. Clinical supervision is a process by which clinicians are assisted to improve practice and deal productively with the stresses inherent in a caring role. The current study was conducted in order to improve unit managers` clinical supervision skills after receiving clinical supervision program. Quasi-experimental study, involved 32 nurse unit managers and 134 staff nurses working at Menoufia Hospitals. Tool-I: Clinical Supervision Questionnaire and Tool-II: Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale. The highest percentage of staff nurses described work overload as the main obstacle to clinical supervision. There was no clinical supervision session applied by nurse unit managers to subordinates before the program implementation. Highest percentage of nurse unit managers conduct clinical supervision sessions with their staff nurses inside their units, with frequency of 1-3 sessions/month immediately post program and one session/month in the follow up. Highest percentage of staff nurse described the level of supervisor responsibility as good in the pretest and follow-up. However in posttest, majority of staff nurses described level of supervisor responsibility as excellent. The level of effectiveness of clinical supervision was improved after receiving the designed clinical supervision program immediately and decline in the follow up. Clinical supervision should be included in the hospital policy and educational courses.