Kim Foster
@fostkim.bsky.social
Mental health nurse academic. Professor & Eileen O’Connor Chair of Mental Health Research @ACU. Views are my own.
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I'm facilitating a writing retreat at the moment. It's a good idea to do a word audit at the start and at the end. Then you can see how much you've done during the retreat.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I'm facilitating a writing retreat at the moment. It's a good idea to do a word audit at the start and at the end. Then you can see how much you've done during the retreat.
Download our free template here: buff.ly/2MW5qvC
Download our free template here: buff.ly/2MW5qvC
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I'm running a writing retreat and encouraging the participants to write rubbish.
To write well you first have to write badly.
Get something down on paper. The first draft won't be very good but then you can improve it.
Stop aiming for a perfect first draft. Give yourself permission to write rubbish
To write well you first have to write badly.
Get something down on paper. The first draft won't be very good but then you can improve it.
Stop aiming for a perfect first draft. Give yourself permission to write rubbish
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I'm running a writing retreat and encouraging the participants to write rubbish.
To write well you first have to write badly.
Get something down on paper. The first draft won't be very good but then you can improve it.
Stop aiming for a perfect first draft. Give yourself permission to write rubbish
To write well you first have to write badly.
Get something down on paper. The first draft won't be very good but then you can improve it.
Stop aiming for a perfect first draft. Give yourself permission to write rubbish
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We had such a huge explosion 🎆 of #MHNursesDay ❤️🤩🎉 love & celebration yesterday. Seminars, 🎂, & cheering 📣… in 🇦🇺 we are feeling the love! A warm boost to our profession 🙏 gratitude! #ACMHN @acmhn.bsky.social 🎤 announced TWO #MHNurses of the Year www.linkedin.com/posts/austra...
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses on LinkedIn: #mhnday #mentalhealthnurses | 10 comments
We are thrilled to award TWO Mental Health Nurses of the Year to Amanda Butt NP CMHN and Kylie Straube NP CMHN! 👏🏽👏🏽
Both Amanda and Kylie were dual… | 10 comments on LinkedIn
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February 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We had such a huge explosion 🎆 of #MHNursesDay ❤️🤩🎉 love & celebration yesterday. Seminars, 🎂, & cheering 📣… in 🇦🇺 we are feeling the love! A warm boost to our profession 🙏 gratitude! #ACMHN @acmhn.bsky.social 🎤 announced TWO #MHNurses of the Year www.linkedin.com/posts/austra...
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Another grim grey morning but #sophiefromromania and the prof in fine fettle on our park walk with brave Sophie going further than before and even crossing a bridge …
February 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Another grim grey morning but #sophiefromromania and the prof in fine fettle on our park walk with brave Sophie going further than before and even crossing a bridge …
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New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.
Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it
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February 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.
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With #AustraliaDay behind us now… for anyone interested in what happened during the early days of British colonialisation of Australia… this book is a telling of history through the eyes of Bennelong & Philip…. Some #TruthTelling that is salve. www.booktopia.com.au/bennelong-an...
Bennelong and Phillip
Buy Bennelong and Phillip, A History Unravelled by Kate Fullagar from Booktopia. Get a discounted Hardcover from Australia's leading online bookstore.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
With #AustraliaDay behind us now… for anyone interested in what happened during the early days of British colonialisation of Australia… this book is a telling of history through the eyes of Bennelong & Philip…. Some #TruthTelling that is salve. www.booktopia.com.au/bennelong-an...
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Very pleased to have this piece of work out in the world! We know that hospitalisation is difficult for parents and their families. Even small actions can support parent-child connection when a parent is being treated as an inpatient. @surreypsychology.bsky.social
Researchers from Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sussex and University of Surrey have developed a new programme to help parents in psychiatric hospital stay connected with their children 🏥
Find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yc2vsvuf
@abbydunn.bsky.social
Find out more here 👉 tinyurl.com/yc2vsvuf
@abbydunn.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Very pleased to have this piece of work out in the world! We know that hospitalisation is difficult for parents and their families. Even small actions can support parent-child connection when a parent is being treated as an inpatient. @surreypsychology.bsky.social
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So pleased to see the @acmhn.bsky.social abstracts published in @ijmhn for the 2024 International Metnal Health Nursing Conference - thank you to all our #ACMHN2024 presenters #MHNursing is thriving... check out the amazing work going on here! @https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14470349/2025/34/S1
Special Issue: The ACMHN 48th International Mental Health Nursing Conference, 30 October 2024 – 1 November 2024, Perth, Western Australia: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing: Vol 34, No S...
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January 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
So pleased to see the @acmhn.bsky.social abstracts published in @ijmhn for the 2024 International Metnal Health Nursing Conference - thank you to all our #ACMHN2024 presenters #MHNursing is thriving... check out the amazing work going on here! @https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14470349/2025/34/S1
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The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses @acmhn.bsky.social (#ACMHN) urgently calls for action to prevent a crisis in the NSW public #mentalhealth system, driven by looming mass resignations of psychiatrists - placing public mental health safety at risk. #MHNurses www.acmhn.org/Web/News/New...
ACMHN support for changes to address the Workforce Crisis in NSW Public Mental Health System
ACMHN is calling on the NSW Government to act immediately in the face of the looming resignation of the majority of public sector psychiatrists by 21st January 2025.
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January 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses @acmhn.bsky.social (#ACMHN) urgently calls for action to prevent a crisis in the NSW public #mentalhealth system, driven by looming mass resignations of psychiatrists - placing public mental health safety at risk. #MHNurses www.acmhn.org/Web/News/New...
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@mhnursesday.bsky.social we are gearing up at @acmhn.bsky.social to celebrate #MHNurses day 21 Feb! Our theme: #Kindness #Courage #Inclusion We will have a keynote webinar with Prof Timothy Wand & announce Australian Mental Health Nurse of the Year! Nominations open now! acmhn.org/Web/Web/Reso...
January 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
@mhnursesday.bsky.social we are gearing up at @acmhn.bsky.social to celebrate #MHNurses day 21 Feb! Our theme: #Kindness #Courage #Inclusion We will have a keynote webinar with Prof Timothy Wand & announce Australian Mental Health Nurse of the Year! Nominations open now! acmhn.org/Web/Web/Reso...
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Open access paper sharing personal experiences of how the NMC education standards can contribute to diluting mental health nursing at universities. Lots of feedback from people recognising this experience. It is not rare. Please share. #MHDeservesBetter
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The Memoir of a Ghost: The Invisible Plight of Mental Health Nurse Education in the United Kingdom Following the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Move Towards Genericism
The aim of this paper is to identify barriers to quality mental health nurse education in the United Kingdom and show these through the sharing of personal experiences of working as a mental health n...
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November 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Open access paper sharing personal experiences of how the NMC education standards can contribute to diluting mental health nursing at universities. Lots of feedback from people recognising this experience. It is not rare. Please share. #MHDeservesBetter
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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👇 A perspective on family engagement in forensic mental healthcare.
Has Family Engagement Finally Gained Foothold in Forensic Mental Healthcare?
Despite advancements in promoting family engagement in mental health settings, limited involvement of family members persists in forensic mental healthcare. Forensic mental healthcare professionals f...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
👇 A perspective on family engagement in forensic mental healthcare.
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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
January 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️
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Sad news. Few of us, of a certain age, have not been sparked into a tiny blessing of wonder or gratitude by his odd little lines and words.
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
Celebrated cartoonist Michael Leunig dies aged 79
Leunig’s death was announced on social media late on Thursday.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Sad news. Few of us, of a certain age, have not been sparked into a tiny blessing of wonder or gratitude by his odd little lines and words.
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
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In 2017, astronomers found an object they’d never seen before. Now, it’s part of a growing category of elusive ‘dark comets’ – and we might find more soon.
What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
In 2017, astronomers found an object they’d never seen before. Now, it’s part of a growing category of elusive ‘dark comets’ – and we might find more soon.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 AM
In 2017, astronomers found an object they’d never seen before. Now, it’s part of a growing category of elusive ‘dark comets’ – and we might find more soon.
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This is a huge problem for mental health nursing, particularly in inpatient environments.
Access to regular reflective space- for support & critical thinking, is a core part of good care. Most people would agree with this. BUT it only happens where it's built in to standard working practice. As soon as it becomes an add-on, "nice to have if there's time", it ends up being de-prioritised.
December 15, 2024 at 9:45 AM
This is a huge problem for mental health nursing, particularly in inpatient environments.
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Between 2002 and 2018, some groups actually increased their wealth on certain measures. For young people and middle Australians, however, it’s a more sobering picture.
Our analysis of wealth trends suggests Australia’s middle class may be ‘shrinking’
Between 2002 and 2018, some groups actually increased their wealth on certain measures. For young people and middle Australians, however, it’s a more sobering picture.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Between 2002 and 2018, some groups actually increased their wealth on certain measures. For young people and middle Australians, however, it’s a more sobering picture.
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Turn off your phone when you are trying to write.
Better still, put it in the drawer or another room.
We're not good at multi-tasking and writing is not a multi-tasking task.
#phDchat #PhDforum #AcademicChatter #ECRchat
Better still, put it in the drawer or another room.
We're not good at multi-tasking and writing is not a multi-tasking task.
#phDchat #PhDforum #AcademicChatter #ECRchat
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Turn off your phone when you are trying to write.
Better still, put it in the drawer or another room.
We're not good at multi-tasking and writing is not a multi-tasking task.
#phDchat #PhDforum #AcademicChatter #ECRchat
Better still, put it in the drawer or another room.
We're not good at multi-tasking and writing is not a multi-tasking task.
#phDchat #PhDforum #AcademicChatter #ECRchat
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Chocaholic nations win more Nobel Prizes, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to link two things – the hard part is working out which one causes the other.
If ‘correlation doesn’t imply causation’, how do scientists figure out why things happen?
Chocaholic nations win more Nobel Prizes, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to link two things – the hard part is working out which one causes the other.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Chocaholic nations win more Nobel Prizes, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to link two things – the hard part is working out which one causes the other.
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Interviews with dog walkers reveals fresh insights into why people choose to keep their dog on lead, or not. Changing that behaviour depends on meeting the needs of both pet owners and their dogs.
Fully fenced dog parks alongside nature reserves could help protect wildlife
Interviews with dog walkers reveals fresh insights into why people choose to keep their dog on lead, or not. Changing that behaviour depends on meeting the needs of both pet owners and their dogs.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Interviews with dog walkers reveals fresh insights into why people choose to keep their dog on lead, or not. Changing that behaviour depends on meeting the needs of both pet owners and their dogs.
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You're not going to get everything done before Christmas. So work out the priorities.
What are your big rocks? Put first things first.
Do the more important things before you get bogged down in day-to-day crises.
Big rocks: writing; analysis; planning.
#PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc
What are your big rocks? Put first things first.
Do the more important things before you get bogged down in day-to-day crises.
Big rocks: writing; analysis; planning.
#PhDchat #ECRchat #postdoc
December 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Suicide in mental health patients in the UK between 2005 and 2021: study of methods and clinical characteristics to inform prevention | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Suicide in mental health patients in the UK between 2005 and 2021: study of methods and clinical characteristics to inform prevention | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core
Suicide in mental health patients in the UK between 2005 and 2021: study of methods and clinical characteristics to inform prevention - Volume 10 Issue 6
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December 9, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Suicide in mental health patients in the UK between 2005 and 2021: study of methods and clinical characteristics to inform prevention | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Important research seeking to understand the increased coercion in Qld mental health services. I am familiar with these themes from my own practice, and I believe they hold international relevance (Open Access) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reasons behind the rise in involuntary psychiatric treatment under mental health act 2016, Queensland, Australia – Clinician perspectives
Despite legislative reform to promote less restrictive treatment options, the rates of involuntary psychiatric treatment in Queensland, Australia cont…
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December 9, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Important research seeking to understand the increased coercion in Qld mental health services. I am familiar with these themes from my own practice, and I believe they hold international relevance (Open Access) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New chapter:our research about capability & self-efficacy of health academics to embed Aboriginal content, perspectives & pedagogies to indigenise the health curricula. Findings support personal development that aligns Aboriginal supervision & educator capability. rmit.pressbooks.pub/firstnations...
Chapter 1: A mixed-methods exploration of staff capability and self-efficacy to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content, perspectives and pedagogies into the health curricula – First Natio...
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December 9, 2024 at 10:50 PM
New chapter:our research about capability & self-efficacy of health academics to embed Aboriginal content, perspectives & pedagogies to indigenise the health curricula. Findings support personal development that aligns Aboriginal supervision & educator capability. rmit.pressbooks.pub/firstnations...