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Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Chambaere, K., Hall, M., & Schiller, C. J. (2024). The evolving complexities of MAiD care in Canada from a nursing perspective. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 11. Link to Article.
Schroeder, J., Pesut, B., Olsen, L., Oelke, N. D., & Sharp, H. (2024). Developing a survey to measure nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, influences, and willingness to be involved in Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD): A mixed method modified e-Delphi study. BMC Nursing, 23(1), Article 326. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2023). Navigating the edges of critical justice theory through the logic of nursing. In M. Lipscomb (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Nursing (pp. 347–358). Routledge. Link to Article.
Thorne, S., Leimbigler, B., & Pesut, B. (2023). Best Brains Exchange: Optimizing policy and procedures and enabling research to optimize the care of patients requesting medical assistance in dying for whom death is not reasonably foreseeable (‘Track 2’). BC Ministry of Health & Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Thorne, S. (2023). Reflections on the relational ontology of Medical Assistance in Dying. Nursing Philosophy, 24(4), Article e12438. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Puurveen, G., & Leimbigler, B. (2023). Supporting nursing roles in Medical Assistance in Dying: Development and evaluation of an evidence-based reflective guide. PEC Innovation, 3, Article 100234. Link to Article.
Thomas, R., Pesut, B., Siden, H., Treschow, M., & Puurveen, G. (2023). Developing competencies for volunteer navigators to support caregivers of children living with medical complexity: A mixed-method e-Delphi study. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17. Link to Article.
Thomas, R., Pesut, B., Puurveen, G., Thorne, S., Tishelman, C., & Leimbigler, B. (2023). Medical Assistance in Dying: A review of Canadian health authority policy documents. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 10. Link to Article.
Huggins, M., Pesut, B., & Puurveen, G. (2023). Interventions for caregivers of older adults with dementia living in the community: A rapid review of reviews. Canadian Journal on Aging, 42(3), 425–433. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Huisken, A., Wright, D. K., Chambaere, K., Tishelman, C., & Ghosh, S. (2022). Is progress being made on Canada’s palliative care framework and action plan? A survey of stakeholder perspectives. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 182. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2022). Philosophy and politics in contemporary nursing discourse (Dr. Barbara Pesut). Nursing Philosophy, 23(4), Article e12407. Link to Article.
Greig, M., Pesut, B., Marck, P., & Burgess, M. (2022). Nursing students’ experiences of moral uncertainty in the context of global health practicums. Nursing Inquiry, 29(3), Article e12477. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Wright, D. K., Thorne, S., Hall, M. I., Puurveen, G., Storch, J., & Huggins, M. (2021). What’s suffering got to do with it? A qualitative study of suffering in the context of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). BMC Palliative Care, 20(1), 174. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Wright, D. K., Schiller, C., Huggins, M., Puurveen, G., & Chambaere, K. (2021). Navigating medical assistance in dying from Bill C-14 to Bill C-7: A qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), Article 1195. Link to Article.
Brady, V., Timmins, F., Caldeira, S., Naughton, M. T., McCarthy, A., & Pesut, B. (2021). Supporting diversity in person-centred care: The role of healthcare chaplains. Nursing Ethics, 28(6), 935–950. Link to Article. [Moderate]
Duggleby, W., Pesut, B., Warner, G., Ruiz, K. J., Nekolaichuk, C., Ghosh, S., Hallström, L., Fassbender, K., Swindle, J., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Jackman, D., & Woytkiw, T. (2021). A feasibility study of a volunteer navigation program in the palliative context. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 38(8), 963–971. Link to Article. [Major]
Pesut, B., Duggleby, W., Warner, G., Bruce, P., Ghosh, S., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Nekolaichuk, C., & Parmar, J. (2020). A mixed method evaluation of a volunteer navigation intervention for older persons living with chronic illness (Nav-CARE): Findings from a knowledge translation study. BMC Palliative Care, 19(1), Article 159. Link to Article. [Essential]
Pesut, B., Duggleby, W., Warner, G., Kervin, E., Bruce, P., Antifeau, E., & Hooper, B. (2020). Implementing volunteer-navigation for older persons with advanced chronic illness (Nav-CARE): a knowledge to action study. BMC Palliative Care, 19(1), Article 72. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 2.922]
Shannon, H. E., Holmes, C. L., Rush, K. L., & Pesut, B. (2020). Navigating uncertainty in respiratory assessment: The interaction of culture and technology during phase I postanesthetic recovery. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing, 35(6), 603–614. Link to Article. [Moderate] [Impact Factor 0.875]
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Schiller, C. J., Greig, M., & Roussel, J. (2020). The rocks and hard places of MAiD: A qualitative study of nursing practice in the context of legislated assisted death. BMC Nursing, 19, Article 12. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 1.45]
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Schiller, C., Greig, M., Roussel, J., & Tishelman, C. (2020). Constructing good nursing practice for Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: An interpretive descriptive study. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 7. Link to Article.[Essential]
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Storch, J., Chambaere, K., Greig, M., & Burgess, M. (2020). Riding an elephant: A qualitative study of nurses’ moral journeys in the context of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(19-20), 3870–3881. Link to Article. [Essential]
Robinson, C. A., Bottorff, J. L., Pesut, B., & Zerr, J. (2020). Development and implementation of the Family Caregiver Decision Guide. Qualitative Health Research, 30(2), 303–313. Link to Article. [Moderate] [Impact Factor 3.03]
Pesut, B., Greig, M., Thorne, S., Storch, J., Burgess, M., Tishelman, C., Chambaere, K., & Janke, R. (2020). Nursing and euthanasia: A narrative review of the nursing ethics literature. Nursing Ethics, 27(1), 152–167. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 1.876]
Duggleby, W., Pesut, B., Warner, G., Nekolaichuk, C., Hallstrom, L. K., Elliott, B., Swindle, J., & Ghosh, S. (2020). Sustainability of a rural volunteer program (Nav-CARE): A case study. Rural and Remote Health, 20(4), Article 6112. Link to Article. [Major]
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., & Greig, M. (2020). Shades of gray: Conscientious objection in medical assistance in dying. Nursing Inquiry, 27(1), Article e12308. Link to Article.
Schiller, C. J., Pesut, B., Roussel, J., & Greig, M. (2019). But it’s legal, isn’t it? Law and ethics in nursing practice related to medical assistance in dying. Nursing Philosophy, 20(4), Article e12277. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Greig, M., Fulton, A., Janke, R., & Vis-Dunbar, M. (2019). Ethical, policy, and practice implications of nurses’ experiences with assisted death: A synthesis. Advances in Nursing Science, 42(3), 216–230. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 0.822]
Pesut, B., Thorne, S., Stager, M. L., Schiller, C. J., Penney, C., Hoffman, C., Greig, M., & Roussel, J. (2019). Medical Assistance in Dying: A review of Canadian nursing regulatory documents. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 20(3), 113–130. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 1.040]
Konnert, C., Huang, V., & Pesut, B. (2019). Mental health knowledge and training needs among direct care workers: A mixed methods study. Aging & Mental Health, 23(7), 897–904. Link to Article. [Moderate] [Impact Factor 2.65]
Reimer-Kirkham, S., Sharma, S., Grypma, S., Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., & Wolfs, D. (2019). ‘The elephant on the table’: Religious and ethnic diversity in home health services. Journal of Religion and Health, 58(3), 908–925. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Greig, M. (2018). Resources for educating, training, and mentoring nurses and unregulated nursing care providers in palliative care: A review and expert consultation. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 21(S1), S50–S56. Link to Article.
Duggleby, W., Pesut, B., Cottrell, L., Friesen, L., Sullivan, K., & Warner, G. (2018). Development, implementation, and evaluation of a curriculum to prepare volunteer navigators to support older persons living with serious illness. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 35(5), 780–787. Link to Article. [Essential] [Impact Factor 0.969]
Pesut, B. (2018). Profits and prophets: Derrida on linguistic bereavement and (im)possibility in nursing. Nursing Philosophy, 19(1), Article e12186. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Duggleby, W., Warner, G., Fassbender, K., Antifeau, E., Hooper, B., Greig, M., & Sullivan, K. (2017). Volunteer navigation partnerships: Piloting a compassionate community approach to early palliative care. BMC Palliative Care, 17(1), Article 2. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Hooper, B., Jacobsen, M., Nielsen, B., Falk, M., & O ‘Connor, B. P. (2017). Nurse-led navigation to provide early palliative care in rural areas: A pilot study. BMC Palliative Care, 16(1), Article 37. Link to Article.
Sawatzky, R., Porterfield, P., Roberts, D., Lee, J., Liang, L., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Pesut, B., Schalkwyk, T., Stajduhar, K., Tayler, C., Baumbusch, J., & Thorne, S. (2017). Embedding a palliative approach in nursing care delivery: An integrated knowledge synthesis. Advances in Nursing Science, 40(3), 261–277. Link to Article.
Duggleby, W., Robinson, C. A., Kaasalainen, S., Pesut, B., Nekolaichuk, C., MacLeod, R., Keating, N. C., Santos Salas, A., Hallstrom, L. K., Fraser, K. D., Williams, A., Struthers-Montford, K., & Swindle, J. (2016). Developing navigation competencies to care for older rural adults with advanced illness. Canadian Journal on Aging, 35(2), 206–214. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2016). There be dragons: Effects of unexplored religion on nurses’ competence in spiritual care. Nursing Inquiry, 23(3), 191–199. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Sinclair, S., Fitchett, G., Greig, M., & Koss, S. E. (2016). Health care chaplaincy: A scoping review of the evidence 2009-2014. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 22(2), 67–84. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2016). Recovering religious voice and imagination: A response to Nolan’s case study “He Needs to Talk!”. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 22(1), 28–39. Link to Article.
Sawatzky, R., Porterfield, P., Lee, J., Dixon, D., Lounsbury, K., Pesut, B., Roberts, D., Tayler, C., Voth, J., & Stajduhar, K. (2016). Conceptual foundations of a palliative approach: A knowledge synthesis. BMC Palliative Care, 15, Article 5. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2015). [Review of the book The production of hospice space: Conceptualising the space of caring and dying, by S. McGann]. Canadian Journal on Aging, 34(3), 422–423. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., McLean, T., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Hartrick-Doane, G., Hutchings, D., & Russell, L. B. (2015). Educating registered nursing and healthcare assistant students in community-based supportive care of older adults: A mixed methods study. Nurse Education Today, 35(9), e90–e96. Link to Article.
Reimer-Kirkham, S., Doane, G. H., Antifeau, E., Pesut, B., Porterfield, P., Roberts, D., Stajduhar, K., & Wikjord, N. (2015). Translational scholarship and a palliative approach: Enlisting the Knowledge-As-Action Framework. Advances in Nursing Science, 38(3), 187–202. Link to Article.
Potter, G., Pesut, B., Hooper, B. P., & Erbacker, L. (2015). Team-based education in a palliative approach for rural nurses and unlicensed care providers. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46(6), 279–288. Link to Article.
Timmins, F., Naughton, M. T., Plakas, S., & Pesut, B. (2015). Supporting patients’ and families’ religious and spiritual needs in ICU—Can we do more? Nursing in Critical Care, 20(3), 115–117. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Hooper, B. P., Robinson, C. A., Bottorff, J. L., Sawatzky, R., & Dalhuisen, M. (2015). Feasibility of a rural palliative supportive service. Rural and Remote Health, 15(2), Article 3116. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2015). To wear or not to wear—Considering religious symbolism in practice: A response to Nambiar-Greenwood and Timmins. Nurse Education Today, 35(5), 633–634. Link to Article.
White, C., Pesut, B., & Rush, K. L. (2014). Intensive care unit patients in the postanesthesia care unit: A case study exploring nurses’ experiences. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing, 29(2), 129–137. Link to Article.
Robinson, C. A., Bottorff, J. L., Pesut, B., Oliffe, J. L., & Tomlinson, J. (2014). The male face of caregiving: A scoping review of men caring for a person with dementia. American Journal of Men’s Health, 8(5), 409–426. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., Stadjuhar, K. I., McLeod, B., Erbacker, L., & Chan, E. K. H. (2014). Educating nurses for palliative care: A scoping review. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 16(1) 47–54. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Hooper, B., Lehbauer, S., & Dalhuisen, M. (2014). Promoting volunteer capacity in hospice palliative care: A narrative review. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 31(1), 69–78. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Robinson, C. A., & Bottorff, J. L. (2014). Among neighbors: An ethnographic account of responsibilities in rural palliative care. Palliative & Supportive Care, 12(2), 127–138. Link to Article.
Shadd, J. D., Burge, F., Stajduhar, K. I., Cohen, S. R., Kelley, M. L., & Pesut, B. (2013). Defining and measuring a palliative approach in primary care. Canadian Family Physician, 59(11), 1149–1150. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Hooper, B., Sawatzky, R., Robinson, C. A., Bottorff, J. L., & Dalhuisen, M. (2013). Program assessment framework for a rural palliative supportive service. Palliative Care, 7, 7–17. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2013). If time is relative… Then why don’t I have enough of it? [Editorial]. Nursing Philosophy, 14(2), 75–77. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Laberge, C., Sawatzky, R., Mallinson, J., & Rush, K. (2013). Understanding the landscape: Promoting health for rural individuals after tertiary level cardiac revascularization. Journal of Rural Health, 29(1), 88–96. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2013). Nursings’ need for the idea of spirituality. Nursing Inquiry, 20(1), 5–10. Link to Article.
Reimer-Kirkham, S., Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., Cochrane, M., & Redmond, A. (2012). Discourses of spirituality and leadership in nursing: A mixed methods analysis. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(8), 1029–1038. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., McLeod, B., Hole, R., & Dalhuisen, M. (2012). Rural nursing and quality end-of-life care: Palliative care… Palliative approach… Or somewhere in-between? Advances in Nursing Science, 35(4), 288–304. Link to Article.
Robinson, C. A., Pesut, B., & Bottorff, J. L. (2012). Supporting rural family palliative caregivers. Journal of Family Nursing, 18(4), 467–490. Link to Article.
Michalak, E. E., Hole, R., Holmes, C., Velyvis, V., Austin, J., Pesut, B., & Hou, S. (2012). Implications for psychiatric care of the word ‘recovery’ in people with bipolar disorder. Psychiatric Annals, 42(5), 173–178. Link to Article.
Janke, R., Pesut, B., & Erbacker, L. (2012). Promoting information literacy through collaborative service learning in an undergraduate research course. Nurse Education Today, 32(8), 920–923. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Beswick, F., Robinson, C. A., & Bottorff, J. L. (2012). Philosophizing social justice in rural palliative care: Hayek’s moral stone? Nursing Philosophy, 13(1), 46–55. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Sawatzky, R., Woodland, G., & Peverall, P. (2012). Hospitable hospitals in a diverse society: From chaplains to spiritual care providers. Journal of Religion and Health, 51(3), 825–836. Link to Article.Reimer-Kirkham, S.,
Sharma, S., Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., Meyerhoff, H., & Cochrane, M. (2012). Sacred spaces in public places: Religious and spiritual plurality in health care. Nursing Inquiry, 19(3), 202–212. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Clark, N., Maxwell, V., & Michalak, E. E. (2011). Religion and spirituality in the context of bipolar disorder: A literature review. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 14(8), 785–796. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Bottorff, J. L., & Robinson, C. A. (2011). Be known, be available, be mutual: A qualitative ethical analysis of social values in rural palliative care. BMC Medical Ethics, 12, Article 19. Link to Article.
Lockie, S. J., Bottorff, J. L., Robinson, C. A., & Pesut, B. (2010). Experiences of rural family caregivers who assist with commuting for palliative care. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 42(1), 74–91. Link to Article.
Wolff, A. C., Regan, S., Pesut, B., & Black, J. (2010). Ready for what? An exploration of the meaning of new graduate nurses’ readiness for practice. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 7, Article 7. Link to Article.
Robinson, C. A., Pesut, B., & Bottorff, J. L. (2010). Issues in rural palliative care: Views from the countryside. Journal of Rural Health, 26(1), 78–84. Link to Article.
Wolff, A. C., Pesut, B., & Regan, S. (2010). New graduate nurse practice readiness: Perspectives on the context shaping our understanding and expectations. Nurse Education Today, 30(2), 187–191. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Robinson, C. A., Bottorff, J. L., Fyles, G., & Broughton, S. (2010). On the road again: Patient perspectives on commuting for palliative care. Palliative & Supportive Care, 8(2), 187–195. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Reimer-Kirkham, S. (2010). Situated clinical encounters in the negotiation of religious and spiritual plurality: A critical ethnography. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(7), 815–825. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2010). Ontologies of nursing in an age of spiritual pluralism: Closed or open worldview? Nursing Philosophy, 11(1), 15–23. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Fowler, M., Taylor, E. J., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Sawatzky, R. (2009). Commentary on Paley J (2009) Religion and the secularisation of health care. Journal of Clinical Nursing 18, 1963–1974. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(15), 2245–2246. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Fowler, M., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Taylor, E. J., & Sawatzky, R. (2009). Particularizing spirituality in points of tension: Enriching the discourse. Nursing Inquiry, 16(4), 337–346. Link to Article.
Sawatzky, R., Gadermann, A., & Pesut, B. (2009). An investigation of the relationships between spirituality, health status and quality of life in adolescents. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 4(1), 5–22. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2009). Incorporating patients’ spirituality into care using Gadow’s ethical framework. Nursing Ethics, 16(4), 418–428. Link to Article.
Robinson, C. A., Pesut, B., Bottorff, J. L., Mowry, A., Broughton, S., & Fyles, G. (2009). Rural palliative care: A comprehensive review. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 12(3), 253–258. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Fowler, M., Taylor, E. J., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Sawatzky, R. (2008). Conceptualising spirituality and religion for healthcare. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(21), 2803–2810. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2008). Spirituality and spiritual care in nursing fundamentals textbooks. Journal of Nursing Education, 47(4), 167–173. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2008). Faith integration in education: How iron sharpens iron. Journal of Christian Nursing, 25(2), 92–96. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2008). A reply to ‘Spirituality and nursing: A reductionist approach’ by John Paley. Nursing Philosophy, 9(2), 131–140. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2008). A conversation on diverse perspectives of spirituality in nursing literature. Nursing Philosophy, 9(2), 98–109. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Johnson, J. (2008). Reinstating the ‘Queen’: Understanding philosophical inquiry in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61(1), 115–121. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & McDonald, H. (2007). Connecting philosophy and practice: Implications of two philosophic approaches to pain for nurses’ expert clinical decision making. Nursing Philosophy, 8(4), 256–263. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Thorne, S. (2007). From private to public: Negotiating professional and personal identities in spiritual care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(4), 396–403. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2006). Fundamental or foundational obligation? Problematizing the ethical call to spiritual care in nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 29(2), 125–133. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Sawatzky, R. (2006). To describe or prescribe: Assumptions underlying a prescriptive nursing process approach to spiritual care. Nursing Inquiry, 13(2), 127–134. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Meyerhoff, H. (2005). When a student FAILS…. Journal of Christian Nursing, 22(4), 28–33. Link to Article.
Sawatzky, R., & Pesut, B. (2005). Attributes of spiritual care in nursing practice. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23(1), 19–33. Link to Article.
Kirkham, S. R., Pesut, B., Meyerhoff, H., & Sawatzky, R. (2004). Spiritual caregiving at the juncture of religion, culture, and state. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 36(4), 148–169. Link to Article.
Thorne, S. E., Henderson, A. D., McPherson, G. I., & Pesut, B. (2004). The problematic allure of the binary in nursing theoretical discourse. Nursing Philosophy, 5(3), 208–215. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2003). Developing spirituality in the curriculum: Worldviews, intrapersonal connectedness, interpersonal connectedness. Nursing Education Perspectives, 24(6), 290–294. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2002). The development of nursing students’ spirituality and spiritual care-giving. Nurse Education Today, 22(2), 128–135. Link to Article.
Emblen, J., & Pesut, B. (2001). Strengthening transcendent meaning: A model for the spiritual nursing care of patients experiencing suffering. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 19(1), 42–56. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2000). The astronaut’s wife: Lessons of growth through spousal depression. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 38(10), 20–25. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., Baker, S., Elliott, B., & Johnson, J. (2000). Leadership through interdisciplinary teams: A case study of an acute pain service. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 13(4), 5–10. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (2000). Lighting the lamp. Journal of Christian Nursing, 17(2), 4–6. Link to Article.
Pesut, B., & Johnson, J. (1997). Evaluation of an acute pain service. Canadian Journal of Nursing Administration, 10(4), 86–107. Link to Article.
Pesut, B. (1995). Babble busting. Canadian Nurse, 91(1), 51.
Pesut, B. (1992). Are you a ten? Perfectionism versus excellence in nursing practice. Nursing BC, 24(4), 22–24. Link to Article.