Reviewing Supervisory Characteristics of Nursing Supervisors in Clinical Supervision: Scoping Review

Implementing effective clinical supervision requires an overview of the characteristics of supervisors and clinical supervision. The purpose of this study was to determine the supervisory characteristics of nursing supervisors in clinical supervision in nursing studies. This study was conducted with a scoping review of the characteristics of clinical nursing supervisors. Papers published during the recent decade (2016-2007) in two languages: Farsi and English in clinical supervision through SID, IranMedex Database, Magiran Publications Database And the PubMed, Ovid, Science Direct, CINAHL, and Google Scholar databases were reviewed using keywords, supervision, supervisory nursing and clinical nursing supervision. Based on the "Proctor's Three Function Interactive Model", the supervision characteristics of nursing supervisors included 3 functional areas. The findings also led to the formation of another general class, which includes the general characteristics and competencies of clinical supervisors that overlaps with all other areas. The supervisory characteristics of nursing supervisors are complex, wide and very diverse. The performance of clinical supervisors based on supervisory roles in normative, restorative and formative areas and general characteristics related to role is a fundamental necessity in promoting and quality assurance of nursing care. It is suggested that monitoring the characteristics of nursing supervisors' is crucial for accepting the role and proper implementation of clinical supervision.