APrf Lemuel Pelentsov
Associate Professor of Nursing

Organisation unit

College of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery

Location

Adelaide University
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Lemuel is the Academic Lead for Preregistration Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, at Adelaide University. Prior to his appointment at Adelaide University, he held the roles of Professorial Lead (2022–2025) and Program Director (2019–2025) for Preregistration Nursing within the Clinical and Health Sciences academic unit at the University of South Australia. Since commencing as Academic Lead in 2026, Lemuel provides strategic and operational leadership across the preregistration nursing portfolio, including the Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) programs. His responsibilities encompass oversight of teaching quality and program performance, curriculum integrity, accreditation, and continuous quality improvement. He leads accreditation and quality initiatives to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements and maintains and strengthens strategic partnerships with industry and key stakeholders. Lemuel also provides leadership and support to academic leaders and teaching teams across large, complex courses. Over many years, Lemuel has made sustained and significant contributions to nursing education through teaching, curriculum development, and course administration. His expertise includes academic program design, accreditation processes, and quality assurance, ensuring the delivery of high-quality nursing education aligned with professional and industry standards. With extensive experience in hybrid, digitally enabled learning environments, Lemuel has developed and implemented innovative strategies to enhance student engagement, learning outcomes, and academic success within large-scale programs enrolling more than 3,500 students. 

Lemuel’s research focuses on rare diseases, with particular emphasis on the supportive care needs of parents of children with rare diseases and the evaluation of service provision models to improve care delivery for individuals and families living with rare diseases. He is a recognised leader in the field of rare diseases and supportive care, and he continues to make meaningful international contributions through collaborative research. He is the author of the Parental Needs Scale for Rare Diseases (PNS-RD), a validated 14-item instrument designed to assess the support needs of parents caring for a child with a rare disease. The PNS-RD is internationally recognised and widely used across rare disease populations to evaluate parental support needs and the effectiveness of service provision. Lemuel is also an experienced higher degree by research supervisor, supervising both Master’s and Doctoral candidates.
Lemuel is the Academic Lead for Preregistration Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, at Adelaide University. Prior to his appointment at Adelaide University, he held the roles of Professorial Lead (2022–2025) and Program Director (2019–2025) for Preregistration Nursing within the Clinical and Health Sciences academic unit at the University of South Australia. Since commencing as Academic Lead in 2026, Lemuel provides strategic and operational leadership across the preregistration nursing portfolio, including the Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) programs. His responsibilities encompass oversight of teaching quality and program performance, curriculum integrity, accreditation, and continuous quality improvement. He leads accreditation and quality initiatives to ensure compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements and maintains and strengthens strategic partnerships with industry and key stakeholders. Lemuel also provides leadership and support to academic leaders and teaching teams across large, complex courses. Over many years, Lemuel has made sustained and significant contributions to nursing education through teaching, curriculum development, and course administration. His expertise includes academic program design, accreditation processes, and quality assurance, ensuring the delivery of high-quality nursing education aligned with professional and industry standards. With extensive experience in hybri...
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  • 2025 Excellence in Practice Team Award Project: ‘Closer to Home: Clinical Placement Collaborative 2024 Proof of Concept Pilot Project’. Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards, SA Health, AUS. 
  • 2024 UniSA Unstoppable Award – Partnership Award Project: ‘Clinical Placement Collaborative (Proof of Concept)’. SA Health, NAHLN, UniSA, BHFLHN and YNLHN.  
  • 2024 SA Premier's Award – Healthcare for Future Generations Project: ‘Pathways in Health (Pilot) Program’. UniSA/UoA/Parafield Gardens High School/ SA Health.
  • 2023 Arts and health alliance (AAHA) Research Grant Project: ‘From actor to patient: co-designing a training program for people to work as simulated patients’, AUS. 
  • 2022 Teaching and Learning Development Grant Project: ‘Co-Designing and Evaluating a Bespoke Debriefing Script to Enhance Student Learning and Reflection for Practice’, UniSA, AUS.
Last updated on 17/03/2026 by Lemuel Pelentsov
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APrf Cameron Bracken
Enterprise Fellow

Organisation unit

College of Health Centre for Cancer Biology

Location

Adelaide University
Last updated on 24/12/2025 by Benjamin Draeger (PA)