The significance of nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles.
BACKGROUND
The role of the nurse supervisor is very important, because of his/her ability to influence the atmosphere within the clinical nursing supervision group.


OBJECTIVE
To present and interpret nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles.


METHODS
A hermeneutic interpretation of three studies on nurse supervisors' different ethical decision-making styles.


RESULTS
The significance of the nurse supervisor's ethical decision-making style is reflected in the awareness of their responsibility for creating a relationship with the supervisee. The supervisors focus on ensuring safety, integrating theoretical knowledge and clinical practice, willingness and preparedness to supervise on the substance of nursing, sharing the supervisees' feelings and challenging them, reflecting on the content of clinical nursing supervision as well as promoting justice and integrity in clinical nursing supervision.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Berggren
Ingela
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Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. ingela.berggren@tele2.se
Severinsson
Elisabeth
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D017751:Safety Management; D012649:Self Concept; D012935:Social Justice; D012944:Social Support