Premium
Clinical supervision in nursing in the 1990s — current state of concepts, theory and research
Author(s) -
Hyrkäs,
Koivula,
Paun
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2834.1999.00122.x
Subject(s) - rigour , scope (computer science) , nursing research , nursing management , subject (documents) , nursing theory , epistemology , nursing literature , psychology , state (computer science) , engineering ethics , nursing , medicine , medline , alternative medicine , political science , computer science , philosophy , pathology , algorithm , library science , law , programming language , engineering
Aim The aim of this article is to explore the current state and challenges of clinical supervision with regard to its research. Background Clinical supervision in nursing has been debated extensively, but also accepted officially as part of nursing practice. However, it has been claimed that the subject is conceptually vague, theoretically ambiguous and lacking in empirical research evidence. Methods A computer‐based search was carried out in an international journal database of nursing. Of the published articles on effectiveness, 11 were chosen for a closer examination. Findings It can be argued that the present studies have failed to show actual effects of clinical supervision reliably and convincingly enough. Conclusion Research into supervisory effectiveness is still in its infancy. To increase the scientific rigour of future research, it would be necessary to expand and clarify the scope of these studies as well as to diversify the range of research methods on the basis of ontological and epistemological analyses.