Impact of clinical supervision on job satisfaction and emotional competence of nurses

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the impact of implementing the SafeCare clinical supervision model on nurses’ job satisfaction and emotional competence profile. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study, with a sample of 28 nurses from a hospital in northern Portugal. A self-administered questionnaire was applied, used as pre and post-test, which included: sociodemographic and professional characterization; “Job Satisfaction Scale”; and “Veiga Emotional Competence Scale”. We conducted descriptive statistical analysis and the Wilcoxon Test. Results: A significant decrease in the nurses’ satisfaction with hierarchical superior was observed in the post-test. No significant differences were found in the nurses’ job satisfaction and emotional competence after the implementation of the SafeCare Model. Conclusion: The SafeCare Model needs improvement, suggesting increasing the amount of training time administered to nurses and strengthening the healthcare institution’s link to the Model.

Job Satisfaction of Nurses in the Context of Clinical Supervision: A Systematic Review

“…This section evaluates a number of studies conducted by different researchers [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] that examined CS and its effects on job satisfaction, stress, burnout, and other factors among registered nurses. This review aims to assess the quality of these studies using the nine-point evaluation criteria (Table 3) that can be applied in real-world clinical settings.…”

“…The geographical distribution of the studies was as follows: Denmark (two studies), Australia (two studies), and one study each from the United Kingdom, Finland, Saudi Arabia, and Portugal. Among these studies, two were randomized controlled trials [22,23], three were quasi-experimental studies [21,25,26], two others were cross-sectional surveys [27,28], and one was a qualitative study [24]. The sample sizes varied across the studies, ranging from 5 to 139 participants, with an overall total of 1259 participants.…”

“…The majority of the included studies focused on participants experiencing professional efficacy problems, as highlighted by [22,23,25]. Burnout was also addressed in other studies [26,27]. All the studies comprehensively addressed the interventions and outcomes related to CS.…”

Perception of Portuguese nurses: clinical supervision and quality indicators in nursing care

“…During the supervisory process, according to pre-defined standards, the more experienced professional or supervisor interacts, shares, monitors and effectively guides a less experienced or supervised professional, facilitating the continuous development of skills, the mediation and implementation of actions promoting sense of responsibility and autonomy ( 10 - 11 , 13 ) .…”

“…However, to legitimize the practice of clinical nursing supervision in organizations, it is necessary to know the organizational culture as well as the personal and professional characteristics of supervisors and supervisees in order to stimulate and deepen reflective practice based on evidence ( 11 , 17 ) .…”