Confirmation, meaning and self-awareness as core concepts of the nursing supervision model

The general objective of nursing supervision is to support the development of the supervisee's job identity, competence, skills and ethics. This can be achieved through the stages of the supervision process. The aim of this article is to describe and discuss such a nursing supervision model, as well as the supervisor's competence and moral responsibility, by analysing the interpretation of nursing supervision. Three main concepts are described: confirmation, meaning and self-awareness. The findings suggest that these concepts need to be established in the nursing supervision process by the supervisor, who is morally responsible for applying the process and for establishing a relationship with the supervisees.