Table 1 Application of normalising process theory
| Questions | Desired outcome | |
|---|---|---|
| Coherence |
- What is the nursing and midwifery research capacity? - How is this evident in our organisation? - What do we want to achieve and how can we go about it? - What benefits will accrue in building research capacity amongst nurses and midwives? |
- Shared goals - Role identification - Finding value |
| Cognitive participation |
- How do we get buy in from stakeholders? - How do we reconstruct research as legitimate work for N&M in clinical practice environments? - How do we sustain our efforts? - How do we garner sponsorship, commitment, and resources from senior and executive level managers?. |
- Working together - Reorganisation of work patterns - Legitimisation – defining actions - Staying on the case |
| Collective action |
- How can we work together to achieve shared goals? - Taking responsibility and being accountable. - Who will lead initiatives? |
- Operational work - Interaction - Relational integration - Skill set workability (Who gets to do what) - Allocation of resources |
| Reflexive monitoring |
- What are we learning? - How can our learning inform our thinking and actions? |
- Appraisal - Redefinition - Refinement |
