Abstract
Quality of nursing care and patient outcomes: a randomised controlled trial of a program of nursing clinical supervision in mental health settings in Queensland
2007 University Research Conference Book of Abstracts, p.17
University Research Conference: Advancing Sustainable Regions, 2007 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 21-Nov-2007)
2007
Abstract
Several national and state-based enquiry documents have reported on the recruitment and retention of high quality mental health nurses. The privately experienced cost of working and coping in such contemporary mental health settings remains poorly understood. Clinical Supervision (CS), a structured staff support arrangement has shown promise as a contribution to the clinical governance agenda and is now found reflected in central policy themes elsewhere in the world. However, CS remains underdeveloped in Australia. This presentation will report on the progress of a world-first randomised controlled trial of CS that has been funded ($242,000) by the Queensland Treasury/Government Golden Casket Foundation. The study has been designed to determine the effects of providing regular Clinical Supervision to nursing staff who work in mental health settings, in relation to their levels of personal wellbeing, the quality of care they deliver and the outcomes for patients. This presentation will include findings derived from several empirical CS research studies, particularly those recently yielded by a state-wide review of CS arrangements in New South Wales. Based on analyses of several amalgamated data sets, this presentation will offer an account of preliminary financial modelling that has provided new insights about the material implications of implementing Clinical Supervision. It will be argued that, in relation to policy development CS represents a vanishingly small cap on the level of clinical nursing practice, necessary to reap demonstrable benefits. It will behove the nursing profession to comprehend Clinical Supervision as bona fide work, not an activity which is separate from nursing work.
Details
- Title
- Quality of nursing care and patient outcomes: a randomised controlled trial of a program of nursing clinical supervision in mental health settings in Queensland
- Authors
- Edward White (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and EducationJulie Winstanley (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
- Publication details
- 2007 University Research Conference Book of Abstracts, p.17
- Conference details
- University Research Conference: Advancing Sustainable Regions, 2007 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 21-Nov-2007)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2007
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449337802621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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