The perceptions of accident and emergency nurses regarding a structured debriefing programme in a private hospital in Gauteng

• Main Author: Van Heerden, Marius
• Other Authors: Dr A D H Botha
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Structured debriefing programme; Accident and emergency nurses; Perceptions; Qualitative methodology; Peer debriefers; Positive and negative aspects; Recommendations; Model of sp hattingh; UCTD
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28721; Van 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>; http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10152007-140809/

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. === Dissertation (MCur (Clinical))--University of Pretoria, 2007. === Nursing Science === MCur === unrestricted