Lemuel Pelentsov

APrf Lemuel Pelentsov

Associate Professor of Nursing

School of Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Lemuel Pelentsov is Professorial Lead for Preregistration Nursing, Accreditation and Quality and Program Director for the Bachelor of Nursing within Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit at the University of South Australia. Lemuel is responsible for the engagement of teaching and related activities within preregistration nursing, he oversees the quality delivery of courses, the maintenance of curriculum integrity, and provides leadership and support to academic staff and teaching teams, as well as sustained stretegic engagement with industry and key stakeholdrs.
Lemuel joined the University of South Australia in 2010 having spent many years working as a senior emergency nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and abroad.
Lemuel's PhD investigated the supportive care needs of parents caring for children with rare diseases, and development of the Parental Needs Scale for Rare Diseases (PNS-RD), which is now used and adapted for use by researchers internationally to identify needs of families living with rare diseases and other chronic conditions, and to evaluate the quality of health service provision.
Lemuel contiues to prioritise collaborative research into support needs of individuals and families at a local, national and international level. Lemuel is an experienced higher degrees by research supervisor for both Master and PhD students.

Year Citation
2025 Somanadhan, S., McAneney, H., Awan, A., McNulty, S., Sweeney, A., Buckle, N., . . . Pelentsov, L. J. (2025). Assessing the supportive care needs of parents of children with rare diseases in Ireland. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 81, 31-42.
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2025 Somanadhan, S., Roberts, K., Pelentsov, L., Canbulat Sahiner, N., Scott, S. D., & Foster, M. (2025). Shaping a better future for children living with rare diseases: The pivotal role of paediatric nurses. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 85, A1-A4.
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2025 Davies, E., Crawford, L., Crawford, T., Musolino, R., Hutchinson, R., Pelentsov, L., . . . Montagu, A. (2025). Capturing and cultivating the simulated patient/participant (SP) experience: a qualitative study exploring how the perspectives of SPs can inform the co-production of an orientation resource guide. Advances in Simulation, 10(1, article no. 14), 1-14.
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2025 Smart, L., O'shaughnessy, P. K., Pelentsov, L., Childs, J., Williams, N., & Esterman, A. (2025). Barlow, Ortolani and hippy dolls: Understanding child health nurses practice when screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 42(1), 25-30.
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2024 Johansen, L., O’Hare, F., Shepard, E. R., Ayton, L. N., Pelentsov, L. J., Kearns, L. S., & Galvin, K. L. (2024). Correction to: Exploring the support needs of Australian parents of young children with Usher syndrome: a qualitative thematic analysis (Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, (2024), 19, 1, (129), 10.1186/s13023-024-03125-w). Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 19(1), 1 page.
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2024 Johansen, L., O’Hare, F., Shepard, E. R., Ayton, L. N., Pelenstov, L. J., Kearns, L. S., & Galvin, K. L. (2024). Exploring the support needs of Australian parents of young children with Usher syndrome: a qualitative thematic analysis. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 19(1), 14 pages.
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2024 Smart, L., Cundy, W., Williams, N., Arnold, A., Childs, J., Pelentsov, L., & Esterman, A. (2024). Screening Accuracy for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip by Child Health Nurses. Children, 11(8), 915.
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2022 Smart, L., Pelentsov, L., Childs, J., Williams, N., & Esterman, A. (2022). Nurses assessment of development hip dysplasia: A scoping review. Journal of Child Health Care, online(1), 18 pages.
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2022 Montayre, J., Alananzeh, I., Bail, K., Barnewall, K., Beament, T., Campbell, S., . . . Salamonson, Y. (2022). Development and psychometric testing of the gender misconceptions of men in nursing (GEMINI) scale among nursing students. Contemporary Nurse, 58(4), 253-263.
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2021 Davies, E. L., Pelentsov, L., Montagu, A., Gordon, A., Hooper, K., & Esterman, A. (2021). “Who am I and why am I here?” A scoping review exploring the templates
and protocols that direct actors in their roles as simulated (standardized)
patients. Simulation in Healthcare, 16(3), 190-198.
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2021 Davies, E. L., Gordon, A. L., Hooper, K. J., Pelentsov, L. J., & Esterman, A. J. (2021). Evaluating the reliability of the Needs in Recovery Assessment (NiRA) with simulated patients. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 42(9), 845-854.
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2021 Davies, E. L., Gordon, A. L., Hooper, K. J., Laing, R. E., Lynch, E. A., Pelentsov, L. J., . . . Harvey, G. (2021). Introducing the Needs in Recovery Assessment (NiRA) into clinical practice: protocol for a pilot study investigating the formal and systematic assessment of clinical and social needs experienced by service users at a tertiary, metropolitan mental health service. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), 181-1-181-8.
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2021 Ireland, C. J., Pelentsov, L. J., & Kopecki, Z. (2021). Caring for a child with epidermolysis bullosa: A scoping review on the family impacts and support needs. Wound Practice and Research, 29(2), 86-97.
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2020 Davies, E. L., Hooper, K., Pelentsov, L., Gordon, A., & Esterman, A. (2020). Development and validation of the Needs in Recovery Assessment (NiRA): A clinical tool for assessing the needs of individuals recovering from a first episode of mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 29(4), 639-651.
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2019 Davies, E. L., Pelentsov, L. J., Hooper, K. J., Gordon, A. L., & Esterman, A. J. (2019). Needs of Individuals Recovering from a First-Episode of Mental Illness: A Qualitative Descriptive Analysis of Focus Group Discussions. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 40(9), 737-746.
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2019 Davies, E. L., Gordon, A. L., Pelentsov, L. J., & Esterman, A. J. (2019). The supportive care needs of individuals recovering from first episode psychosis: A scoping review. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55(1), 6-14.
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2019 Khair, K., & Pelentsov, L. (2019). Assessing the supportive care needs of parents with a child with a bleeding disorder using the Parental Needs Scale for Rare Diseases (PNS-RD): A single-centre pilot study. Haemophilia, 25(5), 831-837.
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2018 Davies, E. L., Gordon, A. L., Pelentsov, L. J., Hooper, K. J., & Esterman, A. J. (2018). Needs of individuals recovering from a first episode of mental illness: A scoping review. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(5), 1326-1343.
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2016 Laws, T., Pelentsov, L., Steen, M., & Esterman, A. (2016). Informing the midwife on rare genetic disorders and their effects on mothers breastfeeding - a mixed methods study. Evidence Based Midwifery, 14(1), 11-15.
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2016 Pelentsov, L. J., Fielder, A. L., & Esterman, A. J. (2016). The Supportive Care Needs of Parents With a Child With a Rare Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 31(3), e207-e218.
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2016 Pelentsov, L. J., Fielder, A. L., Laws, T. A., & Esterman, A. J. (2016). The supportive care needs of parents with a child with a rare disease: Results of an online survey. BMC Family Practice, 17(1), 13 pages.
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2016 Pelentsov, L. J., Fielder, A. L., Laws, T. A., & Esterman, A. J. (2016). Development of the parental needs scale for rare diseases: A tool for measuring the supportive care needs of parents caring for a child with a rare disease. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 9, 425-433.
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2015 Pelentsov, L., Laws, T., & Esterman, A. (2015). The supportive care needs of parents caring for a child with a rare disease: a scoping review. Disability and Health Journal, 8(4), 475-491.
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2013 O'Shaughnessy, P., Ireland, C., Pelentsov, L., Thomas, L., & Esterman, A. (2013). Impaired sexual function and prostate cancer: a mixed method investigation into the experiences of men and their partners. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(23-24), 3492-3502.
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2013 Pelentsov, L. J., O'Shaughnessy, P. K., Laws, T. A., & Esterman, A. J. (2013). What are the supportive care needs of parents caring for a child diagnosed with ectodermal dysplasia: A rare genetic disorder?. International journal of child health and human development, 7(1), 23-29.
- Matricciani, L., Bennett, P. N., Pelentsov, L., Baljak, G., & Kelly, M. (2023). Healthy sleep and nursing. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 40(1), 1-2.
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Year Citation
2019 Davies, E., Pelentsov, L., Gordon, A., Hooper, K., & Esterman, A. (2019). Integrating research and practice: Development and testing of the Needs in Recovery Assessment (NiRA). In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING Vol. 28 (pp. 11). WILEY.
2018 Pelentsov, L. (2018). The UK Haemophilia Parental Support Study - Are families with children with bleeding disorders being supported appropriately? A single site pilot study using the Parental Needs Scale for Rare Diseases (PNS-RD). In HAEMOPHILIA Vol. 24 (pp. 153-154). WILEY.
2013 O'Shaughnessy, K., Ireland, C., Pelentsov, L., Laws, T., & Esterman, A. (2013). IMPAIRED SEXUAL FUNCTION AND PROSTATE CANCER; A MIXED METHOD INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF MEN AND THEIR PARTNERS. In ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Vol. 9 (pp. 115). WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Programs I'm associated with

  • IBNU - Bachelor of Nursing

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Smitha Sarala Rajan
2023 Principal Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Vivienne Leigh

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