Abstract

This chapter considers clinical supervision for nurse educationalists. It sets such practice within the context of a postgraduate mental health nursing course. It provides some background to the development of the course, identifies the nature of the supervision provided and goes on to discuss the value of supervision for nurse educationalists. The chapter also points out the differences in the organisational structure between universities and the NHS. As a result, the well-documented problems that arise from a person having the dual roles of clinical supervisor and line manager may not be as significant an issue for university staff as they could be for NHS staff.