Elizabeth Beddard

MSN, RN

Profile

Educational Background

• BSN (Nursing), University of British Columbia
• MSN (Nursing), University of British Columbia

Service

Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, RN, MSN, a graduate from the University of British Columbia has worked in the field of palliative care as a clinician, instructor and researcher. She worked as a Registered Nurse at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver and Auckland General Hospital, New Zealand. She was the Palliative Care Coordinator for a rural community in BC, a nursing instructor for the University of Victoria, an Advanced Practice Nurse with the Vancouver Cancer Centre Pain and Symptom Management/Palliative Care Team and a Clinical Nurse Specialist with the Palliative Care Program at Vancouver General Hospital. Currently she is the Clinical Lead for the Serious Illness Conversation Initiative with the BC Centre for Palliative Care and an Adjunct Professor with the School of Nursing at UBC.

• Member - CRNBC
• Member - CNA-Hospice Palliative Care Certification
• Advisor - Canadian Partnership Against Cancer - Person Centred Care Committee

Area of Research

Research Interests

Research involving parenteral nutrition for cancer patients and management of abdominal ascites using an indwelling catheter.

Publications

Beddard-Huber, E., Jayaraman, J., White, L. & Yeomans, W. (2015). Evaluation of the Utility of the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (revised) Scale on a Tertiary Palliative Care Unit. Journal of Palliative Care, 31(1), 44-50. 

Beddard-Huber, E., Gaspard, G. & Yue, K. (2021). Adaptations to the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Be More Culturally Safe. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16(1), 38-53. https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v16i1.33192

Beddard-Huber, E., Strachan, P., Brown, S., Kennedy., Marles, M.M., Park, S. & Roberts, D. (2021). Supporting Interprofessional Engagement in Serious Illness Conversations. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 23(1), 38-45.
https://DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000712

Hawley, P., Beddard-Huber, E., et al.  (2011).  Intrathecal infusions for intractable cancer pain:  A qualitative study of the impact on a case series of patients and caregivers.  The Journal of the Canadian Pain Society, 14(5), 371-370.

Teaching

Teaching Interests

In my role as Advanced Practice Nurse at BC Cancer Agency, I have taught in clinical, classroom, seminar and conference settings.