"Successful Supervision in Health Care Practice: Promoting Professional Development" Provides answers about how to implement supervision successfully and how to survive as a supervisor. It also provides guidance about the relationship between supervision and clinical governance. There is a strong theoretical and research base throughout the book that offers an approach to learning in practice. This book raises interesting questions about the nature and purpose of supervision for practitioners. The reflective accounts are written by novice and experienced supervisors from a variety of health and social care professions. They provide hope and encouragement to practitioners whilst offering scenarios for discussion and role-play in classroom settings.

Key features:
Outlines strategies to improve health care provision through supervision.
Provides a research based model for effective supervision and how to implement it.
Details guidelines on preparing practitioners for their role as supervisors.
Emphasises the importance of continuing professional development of students and staff.
Equally applicable within a variety of health and social care professions.
Includes reflective case studies for discussion and role-play.

Practitioners who are receiving and providing supervision, irrespective of their career stage, will find the text and case studies essential reading. Educators will find this book contains a wealth of ideas and valuable material for designing courses for supervisors. Managers will be well informed of current thinking on supervision to enable effective policies to be designed and successfully implemented.

Nurse education is constantly evolving and changing but workplace learning is seen as key to developing practitioners. In this book Jenny Spouse discusses how students learn in a range of different clinical settings and how best to facilitate this process.

How do students learn to become nurses? What knowledge and understanding do they need to acquire? How do their preconceptions, beliefs about the learning process, and social needs affect their development? What do they find helpful for students to document their learning? What other Factors influence their progress? What are the best ways for lecturers and practitioners to facilitate student learning?

The book explores how professional development can be better understood, following the progress of six nurse learners drawn from different parts of nursing and investigating both those difficulties faced by all students and those issues unique to particular students. It places these narratives in the context of nurse education today, exploring the implications of 'Fitness for Practice & Purpose' and 'Making a Difference', and looking at the implications for the future development, organisation and funding of nurse education.

Key features
looks at nurse education in the context of recent changes in the way nurses are prepared for registration
explores learning and professional development in Work-Settings
examines student learning and personal development based on case studies.
explores best practice in teaching, mentoring and assessing and implications for nursing education
includes critical and reflective analysis and key references to the primary literature.