Joan Simons
Open University
44 Papers
292 Citations
Joan Simons is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pain assessment. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 37 publications. Previous affiliations of Joan Simons include University of West London.
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Papers
Parent involvement in children's pain care: views of parents and nurses
TL;DR: There is a clear need for nurses to discuss parent involvement with parents and negotiate roles in relation to pain management and a lack of effective communication between parents and nurses is explained.
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Developing a Sense of Knowing and Acquiring the Skills to Manage Pain in Children with Profound Cognitive Impairments: Mothers' Perspectives.
TL;DR: Health professionals need to support mothers/parents to develop their knowledge and skills and to gain confidence in pain assessment and they should recognise and act on the mothers' concerns.
Changing practice: implementing validated paediatric pain assessment tools
Joan Simons,Louise M. MacDonald +1 more
TL;DR: This study attempted to address a lack of evidence-based pain management by implementing validated pain assessment tools across a children's hospital by implementing three age-appropriate tools hospital-wide supported by education and clinical input.
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Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review:
Katia Narzisi,Joan Simons +1 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of interventions aimed to reducing or preventing obesity under-fives finds that future research should focus on increasing the accessibility of education on diet and physical activity for deprived families as well as the cultural acceptability of interventions to prevent childhood obesity.
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Influences on nurses' scoring of children's post-operative pain.
Joan Simons,Laurence Moseley +1 more
TL;DR: Nurses' scoring of children's pain is influenced positively by children under five years of age and those who undergo abdominal surgery, and nurses who had access to one document for recording vital signs as well as pain scores were more likely to assess and record a child's pain score.
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