Shawna Mitchell Sisler, PhD, APRN, PNP
  • Assistant Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing

Presentations

  • Sisler, S. M., Perkins, R., Gremlich, D., & Garbett, C. (2024). Our Patients as Our Teachers. Symposium presentation at the 2024 Western Institute of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT. Panel, Accepted, 04/19/2024.
  • Akutsu, S., Garbett, C., Perkins, R., Hutchings, J., & Sisler, S. (2024). Identifying the gaps in teaching about social determinants of health. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of 2024 Western Institute of Nursing (Salt Lake City, UT). Poster, Accepted, 04/2024.
  • Sisler, S. M. & Hamilton, J. (2024). Lethal Means Restriction. Podium presentation at the National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, 2024 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Denver, CO. Presentation, Accepted, 03/14/2024.
  • Moreno, A., Searcy, L., & Sisler, S. (2024). Suicidality in Pediatric Populations. Full-day Workshop at the National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, 2024 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Denver, CO. Other, Accepted, 03/12/2024.
  • Sawatzki, J., & Rogers, M., Lopez, J., Perkins, R. & Sisler, S. (2023). Exploring mindset in formative simulation in health education. Poster presented at the 2023 Medical Student Symposium at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT). Poster, Presented, 10/2023.
  • Chow, C., Rojas, E., Handrop, J., Hurtado, J., Llewelyn, T., Eldridge, D., Sisler, S., Stanfield, G., Chan, B., Lam, S., & Simonetti, J. (2023). Getting out of our silos: Processes, challenges, and outcomes of developing a cross-unit, collaborative post-bac program. Poster presented at the annual conference of 2023 National Meeting of the Western Group on Educational Affairs (Honolulu, HI). Poster, Presented, 07/2023.
  • Sisler, S. M. (2023). Collaborative Parent-teen Safety Planning for Suicidal Teens. Podium presentation at the National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Orlando, FL. Presentation, Presented, 03/18/2023.
  • Evans, S. & Sisler, S. M. (2023). Lethal Means Reduction. Podium presentation at the National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, 2023 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Orlando, FL. Presentation, Presented, 03/15/2023.
  • Schapiro, N. & Sisler, S. M. (2022, June 27). Preventing suicide through universal SBHC screening safety plans and lethal means reduction. National School-Based Health Care Conference. (Virtual). Presentation, Presented, 06/27/2022.
  • Sisler, S. M., Hoffner-Brodsky, B., McGlone, M., Schapiro, N. S., Iacob, E., & Wallace, A. S. (2022, April 17). Conceptualizing suicidal ideation in college students: a partial least squares structural equation model. Podium presentation at the 2022 annual meeting of the American Association for Suicidology. Chicago, IL. Presentation, Presented, 04/17/2022.
  • Searcy, L., Erditz, K., Sisler, S., & Schapiro, N. (2022, March 24). Moving toward upstream prevention: Comprehensive approaches to address youth suicide. Podium presentation at the 43rd National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, 2022 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Houston, TX. Presentation, Presented, 03/24/2022.
  • Schapiro, N. & Sisler, S. M. (2018). Pharmacologic Interventions in Sleep Management. Podium presentation at the 2018 annual meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, IL. Presentation, Presented, 03/2022.
  • Pinnock, E., Sisler, S., & Turner, K. (2021). “The Relational Leadership Initiative: A qualitative approach of an interprofessional, cross-generational learning experience.” 2021 National Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Honorable Mention awarded. Poster, Presented, 04/2021.
  • Wallace, A. S., Sisler, S. M., & Luther B. L. (2020, September 17). Social needs assessment and referral implementation in routine ED Care. American Academy of Nursing: State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research. Washington, D.C. Symposia of Distinction Awarded. Presentation, Presented, 09/17/2020.
  • Wallace, A. S., Sisler, S. M., & Luther, B. L. (2020, April 1-4). Implementation of social determinants of health screenings in routine urgent care [Conference Panel Presentation]. 41st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA. (COVID cancelled) . Presentation, Accepted, 04/01/2020.
  • Luther, B., Sisler, S. M., Guo, J., Wang, C., Wong, B., & Wallace, A.S. (2019). “Screening for Social Determinants of Health: An Observational Study of Staff’s Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes.” 17th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (San Diego, CA). Poster, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Keeton, V., Sisler, S. M., & Shapiro, N. (2018, April). “Social Determinants of Health and Obesity: Reflections From An Interprofessional Service Learning Experience.” Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Conference for the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Indianapolis, IN. Poster, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Sisler, S. M., Wallace, A., & Schapiro, N. (2018, April). “Improving trainee skills in the clinical assessment of social needs by using simulated adolescent patients.” Poster to be presented at the annual conference of the 2018 Society for Behavioral Medicine (New Orleans, LA) and the 2018 annual conference of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners (Chicago, IL). Poster, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Schapiro, N. & Sisler, S. M. (2018). Suicide Prevention. Workshop presented at the 2018 annual meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, IL. Presentation, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Schapiro, N. & Sisler, S. M. (2018). Pharmacologic Interventions in Sleep Management. Podium presentation at the 2018 annual meeting of the National Association for Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, IL. Presentation, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Sisler, S. M. & Erlich, K. (2015, March). “Interdisciplinary Collaboration through Nursing Informatics: A model for collective sourcing for continuing education and resource management.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the 2015 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Las Vegas, NV. Poster, Presented, 03/2015.
  • Sisler, S. M., Rodda, E., & Oppenheim, S. (2014, March). NP Student: Leveraging peer resources for graduate school success. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the 2014 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Boston, MA. Poster, Presented, 03/2014.

Publications

  • Sisler, S. M., Al-Khudairi, A. & Hart, S. (2024). Rebranding Sick Leave to Health Leave. Utah Nurse. Published, 01/2024.
  • Wallace, A. S., Luther, B. L., Sisler, S. M., Wong, B. & Guo, J. (2021). Integrating social determinants of health screening and referral during routine emergency department care: Evaluation of reach and implementation challenges. Implementation Science Communication, 2, 114. Published, 10/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00212-y
  • Guo, J. W., Sisler, S. M., Wang, C. Y., & Wallace, A. S. (2021). Exploring experiences of COVID-19-positive individuals from social media posts. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 27(5), e12986. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12986. Published, 10/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn12986
  • Sisler, S. M., Kent-Marvick, J., Wawrzynski, S. E., Pentecost, & R., Coombs, L. A. (2021). Social isolation and social media consumption among graduate students during COVID-19: An examination using Social Comparison Theory. International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research, 4, 1257. Published, 04/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.29011/2688-9501.101257
  • Wallace, A. S., Luther, B., Guo, J. W., Wang, C. Y., Sisler, S. M., & Wong, B. (2020). Implementing a social determinants screening and referral infrastructure during routine Emergency Department visits, Utah, 2017–2018. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17, 190339. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.190339. Published, 06/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd17.190339
  • Sisler, S. M., Schapiro, N., Stephan, L., Mejia, J., & Wallace, A. (2019). Consider the root of the problem: Increasing trainee skills at assessing and addressing social determinants of Health. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 9(3), 523-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz046. Published, 05/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz046
  • Sisler, S. M., Schapiro, N., Nakaishi, M., & Steinbuchel, P. (2020). Suicide assessment and treatment in pediatric primary care settings. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 9(3), 523-532. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12282. Published, 05/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibz046