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Carter, Bernie and Simons, Joan (2014). Stories of Children’s Pain: Linking Evidence to Practice. London: Sage.

MacKian, Sara and Simons, Joan eds. (2013). Leading, Managing, Caring: Understanding Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care. Abingdon: Routledge in association with The Open University.

Brykczynska, Gosia M. and Simons, Joan eds. (2011). Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Simons, Joan and Lomax, Helen (2013). Leadership and Vision. In: MacKian, Sara and Simons, Joan eds. Leading, Managing, Caring. Abingdon: Routledge in association with The Open University, pp. 61–88.

Simons, Joan (2013). Developing a coaching style of management. In: MacKian, Sara and Simons, Joan eds. Leading, Managing, Caring. Abingdon: Routledge in association with The Open University, pp. 243–266.

Simons, Joan (2013). Managing Challenges. In: MacKian, Sara and Simons, Joan eds. Leading, Managing, Caring. Abingdon: Routledge in association with The Open University.

Simons, Joan (2011). Above all else do no harm: an ethical evaluation of paediatric nurses management of children's pain. In: Brykczynska, Gosia M. and Simons, Joan eds. Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 155–164.

Kelly, Jacinta and Simons, Joan (2010). Integumentary system. In: Coyne, Imelda; Neill, Emma and Timmins, Fiona eds. Clinical Skills in Children's Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 395–422.

Woodthorpe, Kate and Simons, Joan (2010). Understanding Health and Illness. In: Kubiak, Chris and Leach, Jonathan eds. Book 1 Exploring Health, Social Care and Wellbeing. The Open University: The Open University, pp. 28–50.

Simons, Joan; Snowden, Michael and Fairbairn, Kate (2023). The Benefits of the Disabled Veterans’ Scholarship Fund at the Open University, UK. Journal of Veteran Studies, 92(2) pp. 58–70.

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Simons, Joan (2023). Child-parent-nurse triad and its influence on children's pain management. Evidence-Based Nursing, 26, article no. 58.

Sams, Lorna; Langdown, Ben L.; Simons, Joan and Vseteckova, Jitka (2023). The Effect Of Percussive Therapy On Musculoskeletal Performance And Experiences Of Pain: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 18(2) pp. 309–327.

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Simons, Joan and Belton, Silice Patrice (2021). The voice of students from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 23(3) pp. 137–146.

Narzisi, Katia and Simons, Joan (2021). Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review. Journal of Child Health Care, 25(2) pp. 320–334.

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Simons, Joan and Snowden, Michael (2020). A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of part time distance learning students learning gain using the ‘Three Gains’ Employability model. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Comparative Studies, 7(1 - 3) pp. 5–18.

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Simons, Joan; Leverett, Stephen and Beaumont, Kythe (2020). Success of distance learning graduates and the role of intrinsic motivation. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 35(3) pp. 277–293.

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Simons, Joan; Carter, Bernie and Craske, Jennie (2020). Developing a framework to support the delivery of effective pain management for children: an exploratory qualitative study. Pain Research and Management, 2020, article no. 5476425.

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Simons, Joan; Beaumont, Kythe and Holland, Lesley (2018). What factors promote student resilience on a level 1 distance learning module? Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-learning, 33(1) pp. 4–17.

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(2017). Developing a Sense of Knowing and Acquiring the Skills to Manage Pain in Children with Profound Cognitive Impairments: Mothers’ Perspectives. Pain Research and Management, 2017, article no. 2514920.

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Simons, Joan; Carter, Bernie; Craske, Jennie; Parry, Sarah; Coles, Sally and Bennett, Michelle (2017). Anaesthetists' views of managing children's pain post-surgery. Pain News, 15(4) pp. 181–184.

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Carter, Bernie; Simons, Joan; Bray, Lucy and Arnott, Janine (2016). Navigating Uncertainty: Health Professionals' Knowledge, Skill and Confidence in Assessing and Managing Pain in Children with Profound Cognitive Impairment. Pain Research and Management, 2016, article no. 8617182.

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Simons, Joan (2015). A proposed model of the effective management of children's pain. Pain Management Nursing, 16(4) pp. 570–578.

Simons, Joan (2015). Hospital clowns boost healing through the power of laughter. Nursing Children and Young People, 27(2), article no. 15.

Carter, Bernie; Bray, Lucy; Satchwell, Candice and Simons, Joan (2015). Engaging with children in designing pain research: how to do it and is it worth the effort? Pain News, 13(2) pp. 121–124.

Kelsey, Janet and Simons, Joan (2014). [Editorial] The challenges of adolescence. Journal of Child Health Care

Simons, Joan (2014). Children’s experience of postoperative pain relief: children, parents and nurses use various pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, particularly distraction. Evidence-Based Nursing, 17(3) p. 88.

Simons, Joan; Carter, Bernie; Dey, Paolo and Ivey, Jean (2013). [Editorial] Childhood Obesity. Journal of Child Health Care

Harrison-White, Karen and Simons, Joan (2013). Preceptorship:ensuring the best possible start for new nurses. Nursing Children and Young People, 25(1) pp. 24–27.

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Simons, Joan (2013). An introduction to Q methodology. Nurse Researcher, 20(3) pp. 28–32.

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Simons, Joan (2013). An international study on innovations in the management of children’s pain. International Practice Development Journal, 3(2), article no. 4.

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Simons, Joan (2012). 'Nurses do assess pain, they just don't write it down!'. Journal of Child Health Care, 16(1) pp. 3–4.

Simons, Joan (2010). Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. Paediatric Nursing, 22(5) pp. 20–24.

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Simons, Joan and Moseley, Laurence (2009). Influences of nurses' scoring of children's postoperative pain. Journal of Child Health Care, 13(2) pp. 101–115.

Simons, Joan and Moseley, Laurence (2008). Postoperative pain: the impact of prescribing patterns on nurses' administration of analgesia. Paediatric Nursing, 20(8) 14 -19.

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Simons, Joan and Macdonald, Louise M. (2006). Changing practice: implementing validated paediatric pain assessment tools. Journal of Child Health Care, 10(2) pp. 160–176.

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Simons, J. M. and Macdonald, L. M. (2004). Pain assessment tools: children's nurses' views. Journal of Child Health Care, 8(4) 264 -278.

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Simons, Joan and Roberson, Elaine (2002). Poor communication and knowledge deficits: Obstacles to effective management of children's postoperative pain. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(1) pp. 78–86.

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Simons, Joan (2002). An action research study exploring how education may enhance pain management in children. Nurse Education Today, 22(2) pp. 108–117.

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Simons, Joan (2002). Parents' support and satisfaction with their child's postoperative care. British Journal of Nursing, 11(22) pp. 1442–1449.

Simons, Joan; Franck, Linda and Roberson, Elaine (2001). Parent involvement in children's pain care: views of parents and nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36(4) pp. 591–599.

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Simons, Joan (1999). Growing pains. Paediatric Nursing, 11(5) 10 -11.

Simons, J. M. (1999). Young children in A&E: a local review. Paediatric Nursing, 11(7) pp. 24–27.

Simons, Joan (1995). Perceptions of perfection: meeting women's postnatal needs. Primary Health Care, 5(6) pp. 10–12.

Simons, Joan and Leverett, Stephen (2018). Graduates perceptions of success in online study: what makes a difference? In: Global Online Summit, 16-18 Oct 2018, Toronto.

Simons, Joan; Dalton, Glenda and Savory, Clive (2018). Exploring the use of Activity Monitors with young people who have CFS/ME: a pilot study. In: Digital Health and Wellbeing Conference, 1-3 May 2018, The Open University.

Cooper, Victoria; Narzisi, Katia; Simons, Joan; Tatlow-Golden, Mimi and Twiner, Alison (2018). Theory And Empirical Research Of Children And Young People And Digital Food/Health Literacy. In: 2nd Digital Health and Wellbeing Conference, 1-3 May 2018, Open University, Milton Keynes.

Simons, Joan M.; Carter, Bernie; Bray, Lucy and Arnott, Janine (2015). Supporting parents of children who have complex needs to assess and manage their children's pain: health care practitioners' perspectives. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100(Supp.3), article no. A97.

Carter, B.; Satchwell, C.; Simons, J. and Bray, L. (2014). Consulting with children prior to designing research: is it really worth the effort? In: Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(Suppl 2), article no. A76-A77.

Carter, Bernie and Simons, Joan (2013). The power of stories of children's pain. In: 9th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, 17-20 Jun 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.

Simons, Joan (2013). Identifying innovations in children's pain management project: an international perspective. In: 9th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, 17-20 Jun 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Mackay, Lorna; Langdown, Ben; Simons, Joan and Vseteckova, Jitka (2021). The effect of percussive therapy on musculoskeletal performance and perceptions of pain: A systematic narrative literature review. In Prospero International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews NIHR.

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Simons, Joan and Brown, Nicola (2017). Parents in Health Care. In Journal of Child Health Care Journal of Child Health Care (Online Special Collection), SAGE.