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Peer clinical supervision in nursing practice: a scoping review protocol.
José Alves1,2,3, Rita Arantes1,4, Francisco Canhoto1,5
1School of Nursing, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
JBI Evidence Synthesis
|May 7, 2026
Summary
This scoping review maps evidence on peer clinical supervision for nurses, detailing its purposes, models, and outcomes. It highlights the need for a comprehensive understanding of this supportive practice in clinical settings.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Practice
- Healthcare Professional Development
- Clinical Supervision
Background:
- Peer clinical supervision is recognized for promoting reflective practice, professional development, and emotional support in nurses.
- Existing evidence on peer clinical supervision is fragmented, with variations in definitions, structures, and outcomes.
- No comprehensive review has systematically examined the conceptualization, implementation, and evaluation of peer clinical supervision in nursing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To map and summarize the available evidence on peer clinical supervision among nurses in clinical practice.
- To identify the purposes, models, outcomes, and implementation contexts of peer clinical supervision.
- To provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on this topic.
Main Methods:
- Scoping review including studies on peer clinical supervision involving nurses in clinical practice.
- Exclusion of studies limited to nursing students, educational settings, or hierarchical supervision models.
- Comprehensive search of major international databases and gray literature, with no date or language restrictions.
Main Results:
- Data extraction and charting by two independent reviewers.
- Descriptive synthesis supported by tabular and narrative summaries.
- Identification of key concepts, contexts, outcomes, and gaps in the peer clinical supervision literature.
Conclusions:
- This review will provide a synthesized understanding of peer clinical supervision in nursing practice.
- It will inform future research, policy, and practice regarding the implementation and effectiveness of peer clinical supervision.
- The findings will highlight areas for development and standardization of peer clinical supervision models.
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