Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nursing Supervision?

Nursing Supervision is new in nursing, but is essentially a personal time for you as a practitioner to have a professional conversation with another experienced professional, the supervisor.

The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 has a principal purpose to protect the health and safety of the public by ensuring that health professionals are fit and competent to practice. The quality assurance components of this legislation have led to the health professionals developing ongoing requirements for professional education and development. Supervision, in part, can offer this for you.

What is Workplace Supervision?

The supervisor assists the supervisee to explore, develop, reflect and uncover aspects or issues in practice and grow while maintaining competence within practice. Supervision occurs within a professional partnership and will support critical thinking and assisted collaborative decision-making in practice.

For the Individual:

• Making sense of your practice or workplace.
• Unpacking issues and limitations in your practice or workplace.
• Grow in your professional understanding and development of your practice or workplace.
• Feel that someone listens and understands your thinking.
• It is about you, for you and only you.
• Monitor your own practice or development.

For the Employer:

• Supports and promotes a healthy workforce.
• Retains staff by preventing burnout.
• Meets legislative requirement.
• Promotes higher levels of care being able to be offered by more informed staff.

What is Professional Coaching?

Coaching is a method of bringing about understanding, seeing other points of view and/or ways of doing day-to-day work. Managers get improved performance and team co-operation – the crux of most businesses. People are your most valuable asset.