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4/ Editorial introductions
Chapter 15 - The
Paradox of Psychiatric Nursing: making a difference by attempting to change nothing
by Ben
Davidson
In chapter fifteen, Ben Davidson
introduces the third set of means by which one may develop an ethical practice,
clinical supervision. The use of colleagues to provide feedback about your style
of work and the form of your interaction with clients is invaluable in psychiatric
nursing. It may take many forms however, including individual supervision with
a line manager, peer group supervision with colleagues, an external facilitator
coming in to enable in-depth discussion of the work, and so on. If resources allow,
however, it may be that there is no better form of supervision than from someone
actually in the room watching your interaction with clients. In this chapter a
form of 'live supervision' is described where the supervisor, or 'support worker',
makes comments on the process of the interaction during the session, in a way
that allows the client, as well as the 'active' worker, the best chance to use
any insights that emerge.
