Karen Scott Barss
RPN, BHSc, MA
Faculty - Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN)
306-659-4114
karen.barss@saskpolytech.ca
Areas of Expertise
- Spirituality and healing
- Integrative health care/holistic healing
- Therapeutic communication
- Counselling and group facilitation
- Leadership and influencing change
- The arts and health care
- Community mental health and acute psychiatry
Related Professional Experience
- Developer - T.R.U.S.T. Model for Inclusive Spiritual Care, Developer - WHOLE Care Framework for Integrative Health Care, Education and Leadership, Developer - Online inter-professional electives CNUR 207 Integrative Health Care and CNUR 208 Spirituality and Health, Facilitator - Individual and Group Spiritual Direction, Writer and Co-producer - Spirit Songs: Sacred Imagery for Healing (a CD resource for inclusive spiritual care and fundraiser for The Saskatoon Anti-Poverty Coalition and Multi-Faith Saskatoon, Author - Healing Images: Reflections on a Healing Journey (a book resource for inclusive spiritual care)
Selected Publications
- Scott Barss, K. (2012a). T.R.U.S.T.: An affirming model for inclusive spiritual care. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 30(1), 24-34. doi:10.1177/0898010111418118.
- Scott Barss, K. (2012b). Building bridges: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of nurse educators’ clinical experience using the T.R.U.S.T. model for inclusive spiritual care. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 9(1). ISSN(Online) 1548-923X. doi: 10.1515/1548923X.2389
- Scott Barss, K., Clarke-Arnault, V., & McDonald, S. (2019). Spirituality in nursing: Presence and promise. In D. Gregory, C. Raymond Seniuk, & L. Patrick (Eds). Fundamentals: Perspectives on the art and science of Canadian nursing (2nd ed., pp. 1229-1263). Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- Scott Barss, K. (2020). Spiritual care in holistic nursing education: A spirituality and health elective rooted in T.R.U.S.T. and contemplative education. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 38(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1177%2F0898010119889703.
Selected Grants and/or Research Projects
- SCBScN Collaborative Research Grant. (2019). Supporting spiritual care in today's health care environment: Nurses' and spiritual care providers' perspectives. Saskatchewan Polytechnic and University of Regina. (in collaboration with Dr. Ann-Marie Urban)
- Office of Applied Research. (2011). The experience of nursing faculty, students, & clinicians in use of the T.R.U.S.T. model for inclusive spiritual care. Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science & Technology.