Children living with long term conditions - child and adolescent mental health : the nursing response (2021)
Book Chapter
Foster, C. (2021). Children living with long term conditions - child and adolescent mental health : the nursing response. In A. Glasper, J. Richardson, & D. Randall (Eds.), A Textbook of Children and Young People's Nursing. 3rd Edition. Elsevier

The aim of this chapter is to explore the issues of mental health in relation to childhood and adolescent developmental tasks and the impact of long-term conditions. The assumption is made that nursing is primarily an interpersonal activity and that... Read More about Children living with long term conditions - child and adolescent mental health : the nursing response.

Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) (2020)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2020). Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 34(6), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.08.008

Objective
To evaluate the impact of an adapted psychoanalytic work discussion group for mental health nurses working in adolescent PICU.

Background
There is no prior research investigating interventions that effectively support and enable adoles... Read More about Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Changing student mental health nurses attitudes towards younger and older people through teaching : a qualitative longitudinal study
Report
Foster, C., Collier, E., Sutton, K., Holmes, T., & Jones, B. Changing student mental health nurses attitudes towards younger and older people through teaching : a qualitative longitudinal study

Aim: This paper reports on a qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) study investigating the effectiveness of an innovative teaching session focusing on changing the beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes of mental health nursing students towards older... Read More about Changing student mental health nurses attitudes towards younger and older people through teaching : a qualitative longitudinal study.