The impact of clinical supervision on burnout among registered nurses: A scoping review protocol

• Author(s): Rosas Rodrigues, Cátia ; Rocha, Sandra ; Trigo, Salomé ; Silva, Luís ; Silva, Mafalda ; Rosinhas, Ana
• Date: 2025
• Origin: Athena Health & Research Journal
• Subject(s): Burnout Professional; Nursing; Perceptorship
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

Introduction: Nursing practice is based on interpersonal relationships, which entails greater emotional involvement. In recent times, there have been high levels of burnout among nurses.  Clinical supervision in nursing plays a role in the development of professional identity, with benefits for professional satisfaction and a reduction in stress levels among nurses. Nurses should consider clinical supervision and understand how it relates to the phenomenon of professional burnout. Objective: To map the available evidence reporting on the impact of clinical supervision on professional burnout among nurses. Inclusion Criteria: The review will include studies on the impact of clinical supervision on nurses' burnout, using the PCC framework. Quantitative, qualitative or mixed studies will be considered, as well as systematic reviews and grey literature. Methods: Scoping review protocol. Three-phase search strategy that will aim to locate studies published in the following databases: CINAHL Complete, Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive, MedicLatina, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (all via EBSCOhost), PubMed, Web of Science Core Collection, OpenGrey and RCAAP. The selection of studies will begin by analysing the title and abstract. The full text of the selected studies will be analysed by two independent reviewers who will extract the data using a specific tool. Conclusion: This scoping review aims to analyse the impact of clinical supervision in nursing on the burnout of nurses in clinical practice, including the characteristics of clinical supervision, in terms of the type of supervision carried out, the mode of supervision, the frequency of supervision, the duration of supervision, the clinical supervision model and the use of instruments. This will support the integration of clinical supervision into clinical practice, bringing gains in the quality and safety of care provided to patients and at the same time in the professional satisfaction and personal well-being of nurses.