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UBC researcher a cornerstone of BC’s palliative care initiative

September 28, 2011

Barb Pesut, UBC nursing professor and Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity

Barb Pesut, UBC nursing professor and Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity

Canada Research Chair Barb Pesut participates in study with academic and practicing nurses

Nursing research at UBC’s Okanagan campus will be an integral part of a four-year province-wide initiative aimed at improving palliative care services in BC. The overall project is funded through an $800,000 grant from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.

According to a recent study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, almost three quarters of British Columbians who die are not identified as people who could benefit from services associated with palliative care. A province-wide network called the Initiative for a Palliative Approach in Nursing: Evidence and Leadership (iPANEL) will examine ways of offering palliative services in areas such as long-term care, acute medical wards and at home.

Through research, iPANEL will create knowledge about how nurses can further integrate palliative philosophies and services into a variety of care settings.

UBC nursing researcher Barb Pesut, Canada Research Chair in Health, Ethics and Diversity, and Barbara McLeod, a clinical nurse specialist from Fraser Health Authority, lead one of three principal areas of research called Educating for a Palliative Approach, which involves how to best prepare nurses, taking into account their work environments and skill mix.

“Care for those with chronic life-limiting illness is an important part of an overall health strategy for British Columbians,” says Pesut. “Nurses have the necessary skills to provide people with a high level of compassionate palliative care.

“Our goal is to establish education programs and clinical practices by gathering evidence that is relevant, useful and well-communicated to both practicing and academic nurses,” says Pesut.

Elisabeth Antifeau represents Interior Health on iPANEL as a practitioner co-investigator in the area of Patient and Family-Centred Improvements. “We’re looking into practical opportunities for nurses to work with patients who have life-limiting illness,” says Antifeau. “By creating a continuous flow of knowledge between clinical nursing practice and nursing research, we’ll ensure front-line staff know when to hold conversations on future care and what those conversations should entail. Ultimately the patient and family care experience will benefit.”

iPANEL is a partnership of health authorities, including the Interior Health Authority, universities and the BC Ministry of Health. This leading research and clinical practice partnership is led by Dr. Kelli Stajduhar of the University of Victoria and Carolyn Tayler of Fraser Health.

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