Ethical dimensions of supervision: the supervisors' experiences.
Group-orientated supervision is provided continually to student nurses during their education. In the supervision process it is necessary to create a relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee that is based on an ethical, trusting relationship. The aim of the study was to investigate supervisors' (n = 18) experiences of the ethical dimensions of ongoing group-orientated supervision. An additional aim was to describe the supervisors' values by which they are guided in supervision. Data were collected by means of an open-ended questionnaire and analysed using the hermeneutic transformative process. The findings revealed the following themes: respect and responsibility; carefulness and sensitivity; reflection and confirmation; and genuineness and fairness. The values guiding the supervisors were dignity, normative ethics, privacy and confidentiality.
Agélii
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Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
Kennergren
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Severinsson
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Berthold
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D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000592:standards*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D013338:Students, Nursing