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Roxie Foster, PhD, RN, FAAN

The Children's Hospital Endowed Chair of Pediatric Nursing

Vice President, Nursing Research & Education, The Children’s Hospital

Roxie.Foster@ucdenver.edu or Foster.Roxie@tchden.org

Dr. Foster has conducted research on children’s pain since 1990 and co-directs the Pain Consultation Service at The Children’s Hospital.  Currently, she is studying the physiologic correlates of children’s self-reported pain.  Dr. Foster has influenced national pain management policy through her work with the American Pain Society and the American Society of Pain Management Nurses.  Her role as Vice President for Nursing Research and Education at The Children’s Hospital provides her the opportunity to explore methods for integration of caring theory and actualization of evidence-based practice.  Dr. Foster is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, an international journal devoted to the application of best evidence.

Degree Awarding Institution Field of Study Graduation Date
PhD University of Colorado Denver
Denver, Colorado		 Nursing 1990
MS University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado		 Parent/Child Nursing 1981
BSN South Dakota State University Nursing 1967
Title Organization Year
Elisabeth H. Boeker Faculty Excellence in Research Award University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing 2007
Colorado Nightingale Award for Excellence in Human Caring PhD Preliminary Examinations in areas of Statistics, Ethics, Grant Writing, and Health Services Research 2004
Kathyrn Lastreto Smith Mentor Award Alpha Kappa Chapter-at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau International 2002
Dean' Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Colorado Denver 2001
Fellow American Academy of Nursing 2000
Chair of Pediatric Nursing The Children' Hospital 1998
  1. Voepel-Lewis, T, Malviya, S., Tait, AR, Merkel, S, Foster, RL, & Krane, EJ (in press) Comparison of the clinical utility of pain assessment tools for children with cognitive impairment Anesthesia & Analgesia.
  2. Foster, RL. (2007) State-of-the-art pain assessment and management Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 12(3), 137-138.
  3. Foster, RL. (2007) Avoiding unintentional plagiarism Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 12(1), 1-2.
  4. Foster, RL (2006) Guidelines for authorship decisions Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 11(4), 212-213.
  5. Foster, RL. (2006) A perspective on Watson' theory of caring Nursing Science Quarterly, 19(4), 332-333.
  6. Foster, RL. (2006) Interdisciplinary models of care In M Craft-Rosenberg & MJ Krajicek (Eds.), Nursing excellence for children & families (pp. 297-313) New York: Springer.
  7. Foster, RL (2006) Sharing responsibilities to make evidence-based practice clinically feasible. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 11(2), 77-79.
  8. Miaskowski, C., Cleary, J., Burney, R., Coyne, P., Finley, R., Foster, R., Grossman, S., Janjan, N., Ray, J., Syrjala, K., Weisman, S, & Zahrbock, C (2005) Guideline for the management of cancer pain in adults and children. APS Clinical Practice Guidelines Series, No. 3 Glenview, IL: American Pain Society  
  9. Foster, RL (2005) Exploring web-based resources to support the family history public health initiative Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 10(2), 45-47.
  10. Foster, RL (2005) The American Academy of Nursing's guidelines for healthcare quality and outcomes: Implications for pediatric nursing practice. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 10(3), 99-102.
  11. Betz CL, Cowell JM, Lobo ML, Craft-Rosenberg M, Bakken S, Feetham SL, Foster RL, Kenne, C, Lewis JA, Pravikoff DS, Rantz M, Shaffer F, Sorrell J, Stainton ME, Vessey J, Villarruel A, Wakefield M, Zazworsky DJ (2004). American academcy of nursing child and family expert panel health care quality and outcomes guidelines for nursing of children and families: Phase II Nursing Outlook, 52(6), 311-316.
  12. Gordon, DB, Dahl, J., Phillips, P., Frandsen, J., Cowley, C., Foster, RL, Fine, PG, Miaskowski, C., Fishman, S., & Finley, RS (2004) The use of "as-needed" range orders for opioid analgesics in the management of acute pain: A consensus statement of the American society for pain management nurses and the American pain society Pain Management Nursing, 5(2), 53-58.
  13. Cheng, S., Foster, R.L., & Hester, N.O (2003) A review of factors predicting children' pain experiences Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 26, 203-216.
  14. Cheng, S., Hester, N. O., Foster, R. L., & Wang, J. (2003). Assessment of the convergent validity of pain intensity in the pain sensory tool. Journal of Nursing Research (Taiwan), 11(2), 93-100.
  15. Cheng, S., Foster, R.L., & Huang, C (2003) Concept analysis of pain Tzu Chi Nursing Journal, 2(3), 20-30.
  16. Foster, R.L., Yucha, C.B., Zuk, J., & Vojir, C.P (2003) Physiologic correlates of comfort in healthy children Pain Management Nursing, 4, 23-30.
  17. Foster, R.L (2003) Developing the research question (pp. 53-58) In K. Oman, M. Krugman, & R. Fink, (Eds)., Nursing research secrets.  Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus.
  18. Watson, J, & Foster, R.L (2003) The attending nurse caring modelâ: Integrating theory, evidence, and advanced caring-healing therapeutics for transforming professional practice Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12, 360-365.
  19. Foster, R.L., Yucha, C.B., Zuk, J., & Vojir, C.P (2002) Children' physiologic responses to cold pressor and imagery Abstracts 10th World Congress on Pain. Seattle: IASP Press, p. 465.
  20. Foster, R.L., & Varni, J.W (2002). Measuring the Quality of Children' Postoperative Pain Management: Initial Validation of the Child/Parent Total Quality Pain Management (TQPMÔ) Instruments. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management, 23, 201-210.
  • PI, (Co-PIs: J. Zuk, D. Polaner, & J. Carollo), Developmental and Physiologic Correlates of Children' Self-Reported Pain Approved for GCRC staff support The Children' Hospital Research Institute and the Elizabeth H. Boeker Faculty Excellence in Research Award. 2005 – 2007. Funded.
  • PI, Piloting an Attending Nurse Caring Model with Children in Pain, UCHSC College of Nursing Intramural Award and American Nurses Foundation. 2002 - 2003. Funded.
  • Study Coordinator, Glenn Merritt, Site P.I., A Study to Assess the Safety, Dose Conversion and Titration of DuragesicÃ’ (fentanyl transdermal system) in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Pain Requiring Opioid Therapy, Janssen Research Foundation. 2002. Funded.
  • Since 1991, Dr. Foster has co-directed the interdisciplinary Pain Consultation Services at The Children' Hospital The Acute Pain Service provides direct care for hundreds of children each year who require epidural anesthesia/analgesia and other complex therapies The interdisciplinary team within the Chronic Pain Clinic provides care for children with recurrent and long-term musculoskeletal and nerve pain, abdominal pain, headaches, and other persistent pain problems Additionally, Dr. Foster and Pain Service staff direct the institution' education and quality improvement efforts related to pain assessment and management.