Book excerpt: Clinical supervision provides a framework within which nurses canreflect on their practice, enabling them to face professionalchallenges with renewed energy and a clearer perspective. ClinicalSupervision for Nurses is an accessible, practical guide toclinical supervision itself and implementing the supervisionprocess in nursing practice. Clinical Supervision for Nurses explores the role of clinicalsupervision, its contribution to practice development andimplementation in practice. It discusses the range of approaches toclinical supervision and models of supervision, organisationalreadiness and other factors influencing success, legal and ethicalissues, and perspectives of supervisors and the supervisees.