ABSTRACT
This chapter includes an exploration of the background to the development of
clinical supervision in nursing, and reviews the body of scholarly work that
has been written on clinical supervision. It then offers the Northern Ireland
perspective on the practice and training of, and research into, supervision,
paying particular attention to the degree module course in clinical supervision
provided by the University of Ulster. Lastly, the chapter includes research
findings which indicate how valuable practitioners in Northern Ireland find
clinical supervision.
