title: Maintaining integrity through clinical supervision.
abstract: This article suggests that there is a relationship between successfully maintaining integrity in nursing and the practical provision of opportunities for shared reflection offered by good clinical supervision. In order to establish this case, I will first give some definitions and then proceed to consider how these ideas relate conceptually. The article makes no attempt to offer empirical research as confirmation, but provides a conceptual and moral argument making use of anecdotes for purposes of clarification and illumination. It is the author's belief that, if it is understood and implemented properly, clinical supervision offers a radical challenge to nursing's existing culture. If nurses are interested in the survival of the profession, it is perhaps a challenge that has to be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Philosophy and Health Care, School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Raeve
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003242:Conscience; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D012945:Social Values