Why nurses choose not to undertake clinical supervision--the findings from one ICU

A two-year action research study explored the implementation of clinical supervision in an intensive care unit (ICU). This paper focuses on one aspect of that study--the lack of uptake of clinical supervision. The themes that emerged from interview data focused on: resources, the purpose of clinical supervision, having good enough support elsewhere and personal issues. Some similarities were found to the blocks to clinical supervision which Hawkins and Shohet previously reported (1989).