Journal Articles

[D] data-based publication; [M] publication with mentee; [IF] journal impact factor at time of publication.

Bernier Carney, K., Carini, C., Fricano Hensley, R., Orphanos, O., & Shook, N. (2025). Burnout before the bedside: A mixed methods study of mental health and sources of stress among pre-licensure nursing students. Nurse Educator, 50(6),  297-303. [D][IF:3] https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001946

Bernier Carney, K., Wilkes, J., Aderibigbe, T., Stegenga, K., Spraker-Perlman, H., & Linder, L. (2025). Symptom documentation in unstructured palliative care notes of children and adolescents with cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(4), 409-419.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.01.004 [D][IF: 3.2]

Russell, M., Lucas, R., & Bernier Carney, K. (2025). Perceptions of Coping with Breastfeeding Pain: A Secondary Analysis. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 70(2), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13723  PMID: 39692403[D][M][IF: 2.2]

Bernier Carney, K. M., Goodrich, G., Lao, A., Tan, Z., Kiza, A. H., Cong, X., & Hinderer, K. A. (2023). Palliative care referral criteria and application in pediatric illness care: A scoping review. Palliative Medicine, 37(5), 692-706. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231163258 PMID: 36971413. [IF: 5.713]

Linder, L. A., Newman, A., Bernier Carney, K. M., Wawrzynski, S., Stegenga, K., Chiu, Y.-S., Jung, S.-H., Iacob, E., Lewis, M., Linder, C., Fox, K., & Altizer, R. (2022). Symptoms and daily experiences reported by children with cancer using a game-based app. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 35, 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.04.013  PMID: 35490550. [D] [IF: 2.145]

Bernier Carney, K. M., Stegenga, K., & Linder, L. A. (2022). Informing Parents as Caregivers with a Symptom Assessment App Developed for Children with Cancer. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing, 39(4), 264-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527530211073307 PMCID: PMC9527534. [D] [IF: 1.636]

Bernier Carney, K. M., Jung, S. H., Iacob, E., Lewis, M., & Linder, L. A. (2021). Communication of pain by school-age children with cancer using a game-based symptom assessment app: A secondary analysis. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 52, 101949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2021.101949 PMID: 33813185 [D][IF: 2.398]

Bernier Carney, K. M., Guite, J. W., Young, E. E., & Starkweather, A. R. (2021). Investigating key predictors of persistent low back pain: A focus on psychological stress. Applied nursing research: ANR, 58, 151406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151406  PMID: 33745554 [D]

Bernier Carney, K., Young, E., Guite, J., & Starkweather, A. (2020). A Systematic Review of Biological Mechanisms and Chronic Pain Outcomes During Stress Reduction Interventions. Biological Research for Nursing, 22(2), 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1177/1099800420907964 PMCID: PMC7273806

Carney, K. B., Guite, J. W., Young, E. E., & Starkweather, A. R. (2020). Forced Enlightenment: A Metasynthesis of Experiences During Childhood Cancer Survivorship. Cancer Nursing, 43(3), E159–E171. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000775 PubMed PMID: 31880602

Bernier Carney, K., Starkweather, A., Lucas, R., Ersig, A. L., Guite, J. W., & Young, E. (2019). Deconstructing Pain Disability through Concept Analysis. Pain Management Nursing: Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, 20(5), 482–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2019.06.001 PMID: 31279743

Bernier, K. M., Strobel, M., & Lucas, R. (2018). Assessing the Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nurses’ and Patient Care Assistants’ Comprehension and Documentation of Functional Ability in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 41, 117–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.04.001  PubMed PMID: 29661609 [D]

Peer-reviewed Articles

Eller, O., Glidden, N., Knight, B., McKearney, N., Perry, M., Bernier Carney, K., Starkweather, A., Young, E. E., Baumbauer, K. (2021). Global DNA methylation level and IL2 expression contribute to the transition from acute to chronic low back pain. Frontiers in Pain Research, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2021.744148  [D]

Baumbauer, K. M., Ramesh, D., Perry, M., Carney, K. B., Julian, T., Glidden, N., Dorsey, S. G., Starkweather, A. R., & Young, E. E. (2020). Contribution of COMT and BDNF Genotype and Expression to the Risk of Transition from Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 36(6), 430–439. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000819 PMCID: PMC7211115 [D]

Kim, K., Ramesh, D., Perry, M., Bernier, K. M., Young, E. E., Walsh, S., & Starkweather, A. (2020). Effects of Physical Activity on Neurophysiological and Gene Expression Profiles in Chronic Back Pain: Study Protocol. Nursing Research, 69(1), 74–81. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000400 PMID: 31834118

Lucas, R., Bernier, K., Perry, M., Evans, H., Ramesh, D., Young, E., Walsh, S., & Starkweather, A. (2019). Promoting self-management of breast and nipple pain in breastfeeding women: Protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Research in Nursing & Health, 42(3), 176–188. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21938 PMCID: PMC6481628

Cong, X., Ramesh, D., Perry, M., Xu, W., Bernier, K. M., Young, E. E., Walsh, S., & Starkweather, A. (2018). Pain self-management plus nurse-led support in young adults with irritable bowel syndrome: Study protocol for a pilot randomized control trial. Research in Nursing & Health, 41(2), 121–130. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21862 PMCID: PMC6415297

Cong, X., Perry, M., Bernier, K. M., Young, E. E., & Starkweather, A. (2018). Effects of Self-Management Interventions in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Systematic Review. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 40(11), 1698–1720. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945917727705  PMCID: PMC5794643

Casavant, S. G., Bernier, K., Andrews, S., & Bourgoin, A. (2017). Noise in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?. Advances in Neonatal Care: Official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 17(4), 265–273. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000402

Books and Book Chapters

Al-Qaaydeh, S., Bernier Carney, K., Duffy, E., Fox-Smith, S., Murphy, J.S., & Stegenga, K. (2025). Chapter 2: Overview of Growth and Development and Psychosocial Concerns. In R. A. Herring & L. A. Linder (Eds.) Essentials of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing: A Core Curriculum (5^th ed., pp.12-50). Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses.