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Keller, B. P., Boles, J., Cantrell, K., Daniels, S., Sisk, C., Jones, M. T., … Burns-Nader, S. (2026). A systematic review of the impacts of healthcare encounters on children’s development<\/a>. Children’s Health Care<\/i>, 1-22. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02739615.2026.2632077<\/p>\r\n

Keller, B., Rothenberg, E., & Boles, J.C. (2026). “I can’t complain, because at least I still have my child”: Disenfranchised grief among mothers of chronically ill adolescents<\/a>. Pediatric Nursing, 51<\/em>(6), 286-296. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.62116\/PNJ.2025.51.6.286<\/p>\r\n

*Rothenberg, E., *Wiebe, M., *Caylor, C., & Boles, J.C. (2025). “In a constant state of upheaval”: Experiences caring for hospitalized children in scustody.<\/a> Journal of Pediatric Health Care. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pedhc.2025.11.005<\/p>\r\n

Jones, M.T., Romer, K., Black, K., *Irwin, E.D., & Boles, J.C. (2025). “It doesn’t have to be big things”: The legacy perceptions of parents\/caregivers of medically complex children<\/a>. Journal of Child Health Care<\/i>.<\/p>\r\n

Grissim, L.C., Spencer, S., Keller, B., Robertson, M., Runyan, P., & Boles. J.C. (2025). Facility dog Intervention and young children’s anxiety during outpatient echocardiography. <\/a> Cardiology in the Young<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S1047951125109530<\/p>\r\n

Skoglund, S.M., Wiggins, H.D., Lynch, S.M., & Boles, J.C. (2025). Preventing pressure injuries together: Nurse-led innovations to improve c-collar care in pediatric trauma patients<\/a>. Pediatric Nursing, 51<\/em>(5), 215-218.<\/p>\r\n

Keller, B., *Rothenberg, E., Helveston, A., & Boles, J.C. (2025). “It was definitely for a purpose that I was born this way”: Lived experiences of adolescents with chronic health conditions<\/a>. Health Psychology Open, 12. <\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/20551029251370802<\/p>\r\n

Burns-Nader, S., Boles, J.C., Lockett, A., Maher, G., Wilson, M., & Cartmell, L. (2025). “Benefits for all parties”: A mixed-methods study examining outcomes of a child life internship matching program<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Theory and Practice<\/em>, 6<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55591\/001c.142174<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., Murphy, L., & *Keller, B. (2025). An examination of factors associated with child life internship acquisition<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Theory and Practice<\/em>, 6<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55591\/001c.142176<\/p>\r\n

Irwin, E.D., Keller, B., Hughie, A., Runyan, P., & Boles, J.C. (2025). Individualizing pediatric boarding care: Child perspectives<\/a>. BMC Pediatrics, 25<\/em>(499). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12887-025-05748-9<\/p>\r\n

Henry, A., Stanton, C., Plosa, E., & Boles, J.C. (2025). Little Bookworms: Examining participation in a NICU reading program and parental attachment and anxiety<\/a>. Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 18<\/em>(5), 467-477.<\/em> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/19345798251349416<\/p>\r\n

Jones, M. T., Terala, A., & Boles., J. (2025). “This kind of thing is part of his legacy:” Bereaved parents’ experiences of participating in interview-based research.<\/a> Journal of Palliative Medicine, 28<\/i>(8). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1089\/jpm.2024.0547<\/p>\r\n

Irwin, E.D., Jewell, R.E., Boles, J.C., & Coggin Clay, T. (2024). Teacher perceptions of a school-based re-entry support program for children with cancer<\/a>. Continuity in Education, 5<\/em>(1), 142-152.<\/p>\r\n

Kim, D., Perrotti, M., Keller, B., & Boles, J. (2024). Piloting a collaborative psychosocial intervention for hospitalized infants and their caregivers<\/a>. Music Therapy Perspectives. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/mtp\/miae017<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Burns-Nader, S., Daniels, S., Boles, J., Keller, B., & Chidley, E. (2024). Characterizing engagement and burnout among Certified Child Life Specialists: A mixed methods study<\/a>. Children’s Health Care.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Keller, B. P., Heacock, L., Rothenberg, E., & Boles, J. C. (2024). “I’m not trying to be difficult when I can’t do things”: A mixed methods look at transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare on the autism spectrum<\/a>. Autism in Adulthood<\/em>.<\/p>\r\nGeorge, M., Grissim, L., Keller, B., Goldstein, E., & Boles, J. (2024). Pawsitive pediatrics: Hospital facility dogs at work<\/a>. Hospital Pediatrics, 14<\/em>(7), e326-e329.
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George, M., Keller, B., Goldstein, E., Grissim, L., & Boles, J. (2024). Facility dog roles, responsibilities, and experiences in pediatric healthcare<\/a>. Children’s Health Care.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., Daniels, S., Burns-Nader, S., Hammond, B., & Wilkins, S. (2024). “Being a child life student has definitely been difficult”: A mixed methods study exploring the experiences of emerging professionals<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Theory and Practice, 5<\/em>(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55591\/001c.91153<\/p>\r\n

Keller, B. P., Akard, T. F., & Boles, J. C. (2024). Legacy in pediatrics: A concept analysis<\/a>. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80<\/em>(3), 948-957.<\/p>\r\n

Hirt, E., Wright, A., Kehring, A., Wang, Y., Torano, V., & Boles, J.C. (2023). “Fitting the pieces together”: The experience of primary caregiving for a child with medical complexity<\/a>.” Hospital Pediatrics<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C, Turner, J., *George, M., & *Wheeler, I. (2023). “Working with what you have”: Hospital-based group play programs in North America<\/a>. Child & Youth Services.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

*Dunbar, J.E., *Jones, M.T., & Boles, J.C. (2023). Hospitalized children’s perceptions of legacy: “A symbol of yourself that you leave behind<\/a>.” Child: Care, Health, and Development<\/em>, 49<\/em>(3), 534-543.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J., & Turner, J. (2023). “Social justice” despite sickness: Play and leisure for children and young people in hospital. In U. Mukherjee (ed.), Childhoods & leisure: Cross-cultural and inter-disciplinary dialogues<\/em><\/a> (pp. 81-109). Palgrave MacMillan.<\/p>\r\n

Jones, M.T., Albanese, E.A., & Boles, J.C. (2023). “They were here, and they still matter”: The legacy experiences and perceptions of bereaved parents.<\/a> Palliative Medicine. <\/em><\/p>\r\n

Keller, B.P., Abney, M., & Boles, J.C. (2023). Child life services for siblings of chronically ill children<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Theory and Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., Woodburn, A.E., Wilson, S.E., & Betters, K. (2023). An evidence-based protocol for sensory soothing in the pediatric intensive care unit<\/a>. Nursing in Critical Care.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C, Turner, J., *George, M., & *Wheeler, I. (2023). “Working with what you have”: Hospital-based group play programs in North America<\/a>. Child & Youth Services.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Dunbar, J. E., Jones, M. T., & Boles, J. C. (2022). Hospitalized children’s perceptions of legacy: ‘A symbol of yourself that you leave behind.’<\/a> Child: Care, Health and Development<\/i>.<\/p>\r\n

Goldberg, J.M., Rose, K.R., Matthews, O, & Boles, J.C. (2022). “Little time, lasting impact”: Bereaved caregiver perceptions of legacy in perinatal and infant loss. <\/a> Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n

Lawrence, A., Jones, M., & Boles, J. (2022). Helping children cope with loss: Legacy interventions for the grieving classroom.<\/a>\u00a0Continuity in Education<\/i>, 3<\/i>(1), 92-100. DOI: http:\/\/doi.org\/10.5334\/cie.45<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Jones, M.J., Boles, J.C., Dunbar, J.E., & Cook, J.L. (2022). Parent\/caregiver perceptions of legacy in the hospital setting: A qualitative study<\/a>. Pediatric Nursing, <\/em>49(2) 89-102.<\/p>\r\n

Goldberg, J.M., Duplechain, A.C., Fraser, C.E., & Boles, J.C. (2021). An interdisciplinary hospital-based committee to improve pediatric bereavement care<\/a>. Hospital Pediatrics<\/em>, 11<\/em>(11).<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., Potter, C.M., & Mora, K.L. (2021, Spring). Family-centered engagement in ICU liberation: The contributions of Certified Child Life Specialists. Critical Connections, <\/em>28-30.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., & Jones, M.T. (2021). Legacy perceptions and interventions for adults and children receiving palliative care: A systematic review<\/a>.\u00a0Palliative Medicine<\/em>, 35<\/em>(3), 529-551.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., & Turner, J. (2021). Empirical evolution of child life from 1998-2017: A scoping review of child life content in published research<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice, 2<\/em>(1), 1-10.<\/p>\r\n

Jones, M., Kirkendall, M., Grissim, L., Daniels, S., & Boles, J.C. (2020). Exploration of the relationship between a group medical play intervention and children’s preoperative fear and anxiety<\/a>. Journal of Pediatric Health Care<\/em>,\u00a035<\/em>(1), 74-83.<\/p>\r\n

Grissim, L., Kirkendall, M., Jones, M., & Boles, J.C. (2020). Group medical play and children’s self-reported fear in the pre-operative setting<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice<\/em>, 1<\/em>(2), 7-15.<\/p>\r\n

Boles, J.C., Jones, M.J., Dunbar, J.E., & Cook, J.L. (2020). Defining legacy: The perceptions of pediatric healthcare providers<\/a>. Clinical<\/em> Pediatrics<\/em>, 59<\/em>(11), 1004-1010.<\/p>\r\n

Turner, J., & Boles, J.C. (2020). A content analysis of professional literature in the Association of Child Life Professionals’ Focus<\/em>: 1999-2019<\/a>. The Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice, 1<\/em>(1), 7-16.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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