Botha, Annali D.H.2013-09-072007-11-122013-09-072005-10-092007-11-122007-10-15Van Heerden, M 2007, The perceptions of accident and emergency nurses regarding a structured debriefing programme in a private hospital in Gauteng, MCur Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28721>Pretoriahttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/28721Dissertation (MCur (Clinical))--University of Pretoria, 2007.The aim of this study was to determine Accident and Emergency (A&E) nurses’ perceptions of a structured debriefing programme based on the model of SP Hattingh. Objectives of the research were to train A&E nurses as peer debriefers to be able to implement a structured debriefing programme, to then implement it and finally to determine the debriefed A&E nurses and debriefers’ perceptions of the structured debriefing programme. A contextual, explorative, descriptive research design, using qualitative methodology, was adopted. The population for this study was all registered nurses working in an A&E unit in a private hospital in Gauteng. Three main themes were identified, namely: positive aspects, negative aspects and recommendations for implementation. Recommendations were made to optimise the use of this programme in the future.© University of PretorStructured debriefing programmeAccident and emergency nursesPerceptionsQualitative methodologyPeer debriefersPositive and negative aspectsRecommendationsModel of sp hattinghUCTDDissertationhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10152007-140809/