ASSIGNMENT 2

Assignment 2

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Assignment 2

Introduction

This paper provides reflection on my experience as a clinical supervisee during my first clinical meeting based on Driscoll model of reflection. A reflective guide is also being devised that serve as a guide during clinical supervision as a supervisee.

Clinical supervision is described by Driscoll as a guided reflection process, where the supervisor provides assistance to the supervisee in the clinical process. Driscoll highlighted three main components that addresses what (event description), so what (event analysis) and now what (suggested actions) (Driscoll, 2000, pp.3-34).



Discussion

My First Meeting in a Clinical Supervision

My first clinical meeting started with the introduction of my supervisor, and she shared some details regarding her experience and career, both present and past. Such information allowed me as a supervisee to become familiar to my supervisor. Senior nurse discussed aims and expectations of clinical supervision, address the anxieties regarding the process, and prior experience of clinical supervision. In addition, the body language and other non verbal communication used by my supervisor also increased my confidence and made me more comfortable during the meeting.

Being a supervisee, I had experienced the empathy of supervisor and understanding is more probable to develop an augmented self-acceptance and self-empathy that may be strong learning attributes (Walsh, Gillespie,Greer & Eanes, 2002, pp.83- 98). It helped me to trust the supervisor more, by her vigorous responses to understand how they perceive him, what care about and their work.

I enjoyed a strong relationship senior nurse, my supervisor was very supportive, empathic and warm. I felt that I was in good supervision or hand with senior nurse. Before disclosure of senior nurse, I was distressed regarding my great effort not to become over friendly and informative, along with my concerns in relation to this great effort on the healing. I was aggravated by my struggle to carefully and supportively arbitrate with the supervisor during my first meeting.

My supervisor provided me with enough opportunity and freedom to share my experience and dilemma that I came across. In order to fill gaps she asked me regarding my prior clinical experience. During the first clinical meeting, I cried in supervision as I get annoyed with the fact that I was suffering from antisocial personality disorder (Wells, Trad & Alves, 2003, pp.19-39). However, my supervisor made me comfortable by saying that it was not unusual. I considered that my supervisor disclosed to reassure me and normalize my emotions. Later on, I felt reassured and calmed by the supervisor self-disclosure, beginning that the supervisor self-disclosure had mutative and positive effects. In addition, supervisor self-disclosure of my supervisor connected me with him and resulted in a positive experience. In this first clinical supervision meeting, I was able to manager my emotional arousal and become more empathic (Baker, Exum, & Tyler, 2002, pp.15-30).

Guide for Clinical Supervision

In order to improve the relationship between supervisor and supervisee, as well as to improve my own clinical experiences, I have devised following guidelines that will ...