Post-graduate course in Clinical Supervision in Nursing

In Nursing, Clinical Supervision is essential to ensure a solid path towards the quality of training and professional practice.

Clinical Supervision of students is currently understood as a process in which a teacher or experienced professional supports, guides and advises a trainee in the construction of his/her knowledge while considering the ecology of situations.

An unprepared or insufficiently prepared clinical supervisor may project his/her needs, doubts and uncertainties onto the supervised. Therefore, to be a clinical supervisor, nurses need specific training in the area of supervision and support for their development, since the participants, supervisor and supervisees are both undergoing an evolutionary process.

This course is accredited by the Portuguese Order of Nurses for professional qualification purposes.

Learning outcomes

• To identify the need for clinical supervision in nursing, recognising its advantages for the professional development of nurses and Nursing;
• To supervise nursing students, newly graduate nurses and nurses, as a strategic element for the promotion of the quality of nursing professional practice and, consequently, the quality of care;
• To develop competences in the research and development of clinical supervision in nursing that constitute an added value to support the practice and development of the discipline.