Model for investigating the benefits of clinical supervision in psychiatric nursing: A survey study

Abstract

The objective of this study was to test a model for analysing the possible benefits of clinical supervision. The model suggested a pathway from participation to effectiveness to benefits of clinical supervision, and included possible influences of individual and workplace factors. The study sample was 136 nursing staff members in permanent employment on nine general psychiatric wards and at four community mental health centres at a Danish psychiatric university hospital. Data were collected by means of a set of questionnaires. Participation in clinical supervision was associated with the effectiveness of clinical supervision, as measured by the Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale (MCSS). Furthermore, MCSS scores were associated with benefits, such as increased job satisfaction, vitality, rational coping and less stress, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization. Multivariate analyses indicated that certain individual and workplace factors were related to subscales of the MCSS, as well as some of the benefits. The study supported the suggested model, but methodological limitations apply.

Evaluation of the Manchester clinical supervision scale: Norwegian and Swedish versions

“…Overall, the result of the CFA supported the theoretical construction modelled on previous empirical studies (Edwards et al. 2006a, Gonge & Buus 2011). The most important factors were Trust/Rapport and Supervisor advice/Support, Improved care/Skills and Reflection.…”

“…The MCSS employed in the present study has been translated into Finnish by Hyrkäs et al. (2003) and into Danish by Gonge and Buus (2010, 2011).…”

Nurses and stress: recognizing causes and seeking solutions

“…Occupational stress in nursing is of global concern (Lambert & Lambert , Wong et al . , Gonge & Buus , Hamdan‐Mansour et al . , Ward , Happell et al .…”

Resistance to group clinical supervision: A semistructured interview study of non‐participating mental health nursing staff members

“…A noticeable exception was Buus and Gonge's () sequential mixed‐methods study of participation and outcomes of group clinical supervision, which combined organizational register data, survey data, observational data, and interview data. An examination of the survey sample ( n = 145) indicated that the sample was not representative of the population ( n = 239), and that participation in the survey was significantly linked to participation in supervision (Gonge & Buus , ). The interview study sample ( n = 22) was drawn from the survey sample, and there were no statistical differences between these samples (Buus et al .…”