Biography

Dr. Schaller joined the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor in 2022 after graduating with her DNP. Prior to working at the College of Nursing, Dr. Schaller worked as a nurse practitioner for seven years at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine's Department of Child Abuse Pediatrics. She began her career working in a PICU for eight years as a registered nurse before becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner to advocate and provide care in orthopedics and child maltreatment. 

Background

• Doctorate of Nursing Practice, University of South Carolina (2022)
• Master's of Science in Nursing, University of South Carolina (2006)
• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, University of South Carolina (1998)

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Nursing 425: Nursing Children and Families
• Nursing 314: Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Practice

Graduate

• Nursing 737 Foundations for DNP Development

Dissemination

Harris, E., Barnes, N. & Schaller, S. (2024). Addressing Adolescent Sexual Behaviors in Juvenile Detention: A Trauma-Informed Care Approach. 2024 South Carolina Nursing Association State Convention. Myrtle Beach, SC, October 2024.

Schaller, S. L. & Chappell, K. K. (2024). A Tale as Old as Time: Confronting Bias when Implementing Evidence-Based Practice Changes in Child Abuse Screening. APSAC's 31st Annual Colloquium June 2024. New Orleans, LA

Schaller, S. and Chappell, K. K. (2023). The use of a clinical pathway to increase child abuse screenings of young children with fractures. AANP National Conference. New Orleans, LA

Publications (selected)

Schaller, S., Chappell, K., Felder, A., & Ribar, A. (2024). The implementation of a clinical pathway to improve child abuse screening in young children with fractures: A quality improvement analysis. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 20(3). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.104935.

Vick, L. L., Raynor, P. A., Baliko, B., Bush, R., Hutto, A., Potts, M., Inman, D., Schaller, S., Nelson, C., Ribar, A., Worthy, K., McCormick, J. (2023). Addressing the mental health of nursing students during the pandemic: The evaluation of a needs assessment by a college of nursing mental health task force. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 29(6), 447-456. doi:10.1177/10783903231205495

Garner, S. M., Reparaz, L., Justice, J., Foster, A. P., Litzenberger, S., Bell, N., Schaller, S. L., Spoor, K., Cull, J., Watson, C. M., and Dunkelberger, L, C. (2023). Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placement in trauma patients: Early vs delayed initiation of enteral feeding. The American Surgeon (published online February 2023). doi: 10.1177/00031348231157880