For which situation would clinical supervision be most important?

a. A patient asks to visit with the consumer advocate.
b. A new clinical nurse leader is hired to reorganize the unit.
c. A newly admitted patient makes a nearly lethal suicide attempt.
d. The treatment model for the unit is changed by the psychiatrist in charge.


C
Clinical supervision for staff can be a tool to facilitate improved staff cohesion, morale, and ability to maintain therapeutic relationships with patients. During clinical supervision, nurses examine attitudes, reactions, and conflicts with patients on the unit and find ways of approaching problems. Nurses often require clinical supervision when working with suicidal patients. The distracters do not pose hazards to patients' well-being.

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