Abstract
As nursing develops to meet the changing needs and demands of the professional role, new challenges and opportunities arise. The need for innovative approaches to support nurses in meeting these challenges and seizing these opportunities has come into focus. NHS Education for Scotland has responded to this need and embraced the opportunity to support and develop nursing, through the Early Clinical Career Fellowship. This fellowship supports recently qualified nurses to develop their skills and leadership capabilities through masters-level study and increases the support structures around them. This article will discuss one experience of clinical coaching which was underpinned by compassion-based principles and will suggest further learning for nurses out with the fellowship or coaching role. The article will support the role of compassion as being not only central to direct patient care, but indispensible in creating positive relationships with our colleagues and effectively caring for ourselves.
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