Background
Foster, Roxie L. was born on September 30, 1945 in Missoula, Montana, United States.
Health sciences center administrator
Foster, Roxie L. was born on September 30, 1945 in Missoula, Montana, United States.
Bachelor of science in nursing, South Dakota State University, 1967. Master of Science in Parent-Child Nursing, University Colorado, Denver, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University Colorado, Denver, 1990.
Staff nurse, Purdue University Student Health Center, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1968;
staff nurse, St. Joseph's Hospital, Tucson, 1969-1970;
staff nurse, Purdue University Student Health Center, West Lafayette, 1970-1971;
staff nurse, Union Printer's Home, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1972-1973;
home care nurse, Colorado Springs, 1973-1975;
staff nurse, Burnham City Hospital, Champaign, Illinois, 1975-1976;
home care nurse, Pediatric Home Care, Inc., Denver, 1979-1980;
research assistant, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Center for Nursing Research, Denver, 1986-1988;
research assistant pain research, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 1986-1988;
project manager pain research, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 1988-1992;
co-director, Pain Cons. Svc., The Children's Hospital, Denver, since 1991;
assistant research professor, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, 1990-1992;
assistant professor, U. Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, since 1992. Instructor Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1967-1968, Community College, Denver, 1982-1983.
Instructor Loretto Heights College, 1983-1985, ass.t professor, 1985-1986. Research assistant family coping with children's chronic illness National Institutes of Health, 1981, generalizability of procedures assessing pain inchildren, 1986-1988. Project manager nursing clinical decision-making: pain in children National Institutes of Health,1988-1991.
Principal investigator respiratory depression in children receiving narcotic analgesics, 1990-1991. Co-investigator National Institutes of Health, since 1992.
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Member American Nurses Association, Colorado Nurses Association, North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, International Association Study of Pain, Pediatrics Special Interest Group, American Pain Society, Western Institute of Nursing (chair nominating committee 1990-1991), American Nurses Association Council of Nurse Researchers, Sigma Theta Tau.