The significance of nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles

Abstract

The interpretation highlights the importance of the nurse supervisor's style for the outcome of clinical nursing supervision, as they are role models for the supervisees. There is a need for further research to explore the advantages and disadvantages of nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles, especially in relation to the influence of clinical nursing supervision on the quality of care and various support systems.

Elements and Strategies for Ethical Decision-Making in Nursing

“…The majority of the studies (95%) were published in English. 1,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Six studies were published in Nursing Ethics (impact factor 1.093, evaluation year 2013), three in the Journal of Advanced Nursing (impact factor 1.685, evaluation year 2013) and two in the Journal of Community Health Nursing (impact factor 0.65, evaluation year 2013). Considering the classification that has seven levels of quality of evidence, 29 the results of this integrative review present a level of evidence of six, as they were derived from a single descriptive or qualitative study.…”

“…20,[22][23] Five studies were performed in the United States, 1,14,[22][23]28 three in the UK, 20,[25][26] two in Australia, 15,19 Sweden, [12][13] Norway 17,24 and Canada 16,18 and one in Israel, 27 Brazil 4 and Chile. 21 Six studies were conducted in the hospital context, [12][13]15,[19][20]24 one with nurses of primary healthcare, pediatrics, adult health and obstetrics 14 and one only with nurses of primary healthcare. 17 The study participants were supervisors nurses, 1-2,15 nurses, 3,5,9 …”

“…The final sample included 19 studies, nine were empirical articles [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] (when data collection of the study is from people), eight theoretical 1,4,[21][22][23][24][25][26] (when the study discusses a topic or a theoretical question, with no intervention at the level of experience) and two case studies [27][28] (when the study has an empirical intervention, which allows the phenomena to be studied in depth in real contexts). The majority of the studies (95%) were published in English.…”

“…27 The majority of the authors (95%) were university professors. 1,4,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]28 In one study 27 the author was the president of a nursing association.…”

“…Seventeen studies were qualitative 1,4,[12][13][15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] and two quantitative. 14,19 The data collection methods used were questionnaires, 15,19 interviews 12,20 focus groups 13,18 and combined methods: focus group and questionnaire, 17 observation and interviews 16 and questionnaire and interview.…”