Paula Mahon

RN, DHealth

Profile

Education:

• Doctorate of Health, University of bath, UK
• Post - Doctoral fellowship, UBC

Service:

• Clinical Research Scientist, British Columbia's Children's Hospital
• Investigator,Evidence to Innovation, BCCH Research Institute,

- Specializes in Qualitative methods

- Research and education on pediatric nursing, nursing environments and staff retention.

Area of Research

Completed projects:

• Validation of a pain assessment tool for toddlers.
• A critical ethnographic view of PICU nurses and the determinants of staff retention.

Publications

• Validation of the Rainbow Pain Scale. Poster Presentation, SIOP, Cape Town, South Africa. 2015.
• Critical Ethnographic view of Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses. Poster Presentation, Canadian Critical Care Conference, Whistler, BC. 2015. (Honourable Mention)
• Using colors to assess pain in toddlers: validation of "the rainbow pain scale"-a proof-of-principle study. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2015 Jan-Feb;32(1):40-6. doi: 10.1177/1043454214555197. Epub 2014 Nov 21. PMID:25416519.  P. Mahon, L. Holsti, H. Siden, C. Strahlendorf, L.Turnham, D. Giaschi.
• The Fathers' Support Scale: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (FSS:NICU): Development and initial content validation. The Journal of Neonatal Nursing. V:21 – 2 Pages 63-71, 2015. P Mahon, S. Albersheim & L. Holsti.
• Explaining why nurses remain in or leave bedside nursing: a critical ethnography. Nurse Res. 2014 Sep;22(1):8-13. doi: 10.7748/nr.22.1.8.e1271. P. Mahon & G. McPherson.
• Accommodating the learning needs and experiences of nurses and nursing students with hearing loss.  J Nurs Care 2014, 3:187. U. Rasulov &  P Mahon
• The Doctorate Experience and The Importance of Reflexivity in Critical Taught. J Nurs Care 2014, 3:180 P Mahon.
• From the Inside Out: A Critical Ethnographic Look at Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2013. P. Mahon. (Sole Author).
• Scholarship and Research Showcase, A Critical Ethnographic View of Paediatric Critical Care Nurses (poster presentation), Langara college, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2013.
• Using Colours to Assess Pain in Toddlers: Validation of ‘The Rainbow Pain Scale’, (poster presentation). Pediatric Research Day, UBC Dept of Pediatrics, Chan Centre for Family Health Education, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2013.
• From the Inside Out: A Critical Ethnographic Look at Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses. (Oral presentation), PICH, BCCH, 2013.
• Global Nursing Leaders (oral presentation), Langara College, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2012.
• Options in higher education for nurses (oral presentation) Ethel John Nursing Research Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2012.
• From The Inside Out (poster presentation), CIHR-Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health Scientific Forum on Global Health, BC, Canada 2010.
• A Critical Ethnographic View of Paediatric Critical Care Nurses (poster presentation), International Conference on Professional Doctorates, London, UK 2009.
• Leadership Gets A Lean Look In The PICU (poster presentation), Effective Health Leadership Conference, Canada, 2009.
• The Question of Personal Identity, UBC liberal studies website, Graduating Essay Abstracts, 2006.

Teaching

Teaching:

Nursing research in pediatric environments at BCCH