An action research approach for developing research and innovation in nursing and midwifery practice: Building research capacity in one NHS foundation trust

Moore, Jenny, Crozier, Kenda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5328-9376 and Kite, Katharine (2012) An action research approach for developing research and innovation in nursing and midwifery practice: Building research capacity in one NHS foundation trust. Nurse Education Today, 32 (1). pp. 39-45. ISSN 0260-6917

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Abstract

The National Health Service in the United Kingdom is committed to a process of reform centred on quality care and innovative practice. Central to this process is the need for research capacity building within the workforce. The aim of this study was to develop an infrastructure for research capacity building within one National Health Service Foundation Trust. Using an Action Research methodology, sixteen individuals were purposefully selected from a population of nurses and midwives to participate in the study. This nonprobability sampling method enabled the researchers to select participants on the basis of who would be most informative about existing research capacity building structures and processes within the Trust. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured individual interviews with each participant. The main findings were that research activity was not embedded in the culture of the organisation, and initiating and undertaking change was a complex process. As a result, a range of structures and processes which were considered necessary to enable the Trust move forward in developing capacity and capability for research were developed and implemented. This paper reports the first two stages of this process, namely: the findings from the pre-step and an outline of how these findings were used to create an infrastructure to support research capacity building within one NHS Foundation Trust Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	action research,foundation trust,innovation,research capacity building
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Community and Family Health (former - to 2017) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2013 02:23
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:09
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43089
DOI:	10.1016/j.nedt.2011.01.014

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