Clinical supervision in mental health nursing wiley nursing research has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of clinical supervision but there remains uncertainty as to what facets of clinical supervision are potent in realising effectiveness this book reports on an investigation on the practice of clinical supervision in mental health . 1 br j nurs 2000 feb 10 2393171 6 clinical supervision in mental health nursing courses ashmore r1 carver n author information 1department of mental health and learning disabilities nursing university of sheffield the department of health doh 1994 advocated the introduction of clinical supervision into mental health nursing practice and suggested that student nurses be . Nursing research has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of clinical supervision but there remains uncertainty as to what facets of clinical supervision are potent in realising effectiveness this book reports on an investigation on the practice of clinical supervision in mental health nursing. 21 jun 2013 the concept of clinical supervision is not new having been well established for many years in a number of disciplines across the healthcare professions including mental health and midwifery however clinicians are often unsure about what it is and how they might implement it for themselves