Background

• Doctorate in Nurse Practice, Medical University of South Carolina (2015)
• Masters in Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner), Medical University of South Carolina (2015)
• Master of Science in Nursing (Nursing Administration and Health Science), Medical University of South Carolina (2011)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina (2009)
• Associate in Nursing, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (2007)

Teaching

Courses taught and co-taught:

• NURS 311: Undergraduate Health Assessment
• NURS 312 Foundations of Nursing Practice (Clinical)
• NURS 314: Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Practice
• NURS 412 Acute Care Nursing of Adults I
• NURS 422 Acute Care Nursing of Adults II
• NURS 435 Capstone (Clinical)
• NURS 704: Advance Health Assessment
• NURS 720: Clinical Application of Population Analysis
• NURS 760: Family Nurse Practitioner Legal, Ethical Role Transition
• NURS 760a: Family Nurse Practitioner Role Practicum
• NURS 793: Advance Practice Practicum: Primary Care (FNP)

Research

• Obesity in the rural primary care setting
• Simulation in education 

Dissemination

Gibbs, S. & Selph, M. (2024) Applying video vignettes to build competency among asynchronous students. National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Baltimore, MD. April 2024

Selph, M., Gibbs, S., Davis, Victoria, Barnes, N., Bowers, T., & Hassinger, C. (2024). A standardized patient simulation facilitated within debriefing to develop clinical reasoning. South Carolina Nursing Education Simulation Alliance. Aiken, SC.  July 2024.

Gibbs, S., Dawson, R., Dievendorf, A., Pate, L. (2024). The development of integrating creative telehealth simulations to meet advanced practice competencies (2024). South Carolina Nursing Education Simulation Alliance. Aiken, SC. July 2024

Creed, J., Dawson, R., Pate, L., Gibbs, S., Scott, G., & Bowers, T. (2023). Innovative strategies to enhance DNP and PhD faculty collaboration. Sigma Theta Tau International Creating Healthy Work Environments 2023. Austin, Texas, February 2023.

Bowers, T., Gibbs, S., Scott, A., Pate, L., & Creed, J. (2023). The great escape: Breakout from a virtual escape room. International Meeting on Simulation Healthcare. Orlando, FL, January 2023.

Scott, A., Pate, L., Creed, J., Gibbs, S., & Bowers, T. (2022). Ready. Set. Game. Using unfolding case studies and NGN style questions to breakout from a virtual escape room. South Carolina Nursing Education Simulation Alliance Conference. Greenville, SC. July 2022.

Dawson, R.M., Gibbs, S., Davis, V., Murillo, C., Lawrence, M.K., Mele, C., Kovach, B., & LaRosa, L. (2021). A Sociolinguistic, Simulation-Based Approach to Teaching Culturally Respectful Communication. Submitted to Transcultural Nursing Society 47th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, N.M. October 2021

Creed, J., Scott, A., Pate, L., Cone, A., Davis, V., Gibbs, S., Vick, L., Harris, E., Custer, S., Miles, H., & Jackson, J. (2021). Leadership in academia during a pandemic. Virtual oral presentation at Sigma Theta Tau International Creating Healthy Work Environments. Austin, Texas, February 2021.

Gibbs, S., Davis, V., Mele, C., Murillo, C., Lawrence, K., & Dawson, R.M. (2020). “I felt the connection”: A qualitative exploration of standardized patients’ experiences in a delivering bad news scenario. Podium presentation at International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC. June 2020

Davis, V.H. & Gibbs, S. (2019). Immersive Simulation Experience in Advanced Health Assessment for Distance Graduate Nursing Students. Poster presentation at the SC Nursing Simulation Alliance conference, Columbia, SC. July 2019

Gibbs, S., Harris, E., & Mitchell, S. (2018) Making global simulation possible: The use of robotics in interprofessional health simulations. Podium presentation at International Meeting on Simulation Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA. January 2018

Gibbs, S. (2017). Increasing obesity diagnosis and patient education in primary care. Poster presentation at the Annual South Carolina Nurses Association Convention, Hilton, SC. November 2017.

Gibbs, S. & Cone, A (2015). Pre-entry for rising upper division nursing students. Poster presentation at Armstrong Interprofessional Health Care Summit, Savannah, GA.  April 2015

Professional Service

• Board Member, SC National League of Nursing
• Member, South Carolina Nurses Association: APRN chapter
• Member, American Nurses Association
• Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Professional Practice

• RN: Cardiac, Cardiac-Thoracic Stepdown Unit
• APRN: Family Practice, Dermatology, Gerontology
• The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties- Faculty Institute Committee

Research Studies (selected)

Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW). Expanding an APRN Practice Training Partnership in South Carolina. Health Resources and Service Administration Grant. (PI )

Integration of telehealth to meet advanced practice competencies across the curriculum.  USC College of Nursing, Teaching Innovation Grant. (Co-PI)

Video vignettes to build cross-cultural communication competency. University of South Carolina: Centers of Teaching Excellence, Innovative Pedagogy Grant (CO-PI)

Telemental Health Connect (TeleCon): Expanding Collaboration and Comprehensive Service Penetration. Duke Endowment Grant (PI).

The Feasibility of a Linguistic Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Communication Skills to Advanced Practice Nurses. USC CON Funds for Preparatory Research (Co-PI).

Preferences and Resources for Weight Loss Interventions among Obese Primary Care Patients. U of SC CON Funds for Preparatory Research (Co-PI).

Publications (selected)

Selph, M.J.  & Gibbs, S. (2023). An Unexpected Finding in a Patient Presenting with Acute Ear Pain. The Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 19 (10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104771

Scott, G. Bowers, T., Gibbs, S., Creed, J. & Pate, L. (2023) Ready. Set. Game. Using Knowledge to Escape the Virtual Room in the Didactic Setting. Journal of Nursing Education Perspectives. doi 10.1097/01.NEP.000000000000116

Dawson, R. M., Lawrence, K., Gibbs, S., Davis, V., Mele, C., & Murillo, C. (2021). “I Felt The Connection”: A Qualitative Exploration of Standardized Patients’ Experiences in a Delivering Bad News Scenario. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 55, 52–58. https://doi-org.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.04.012

Scott, A. D., Cone, A., Creed, J. M., Custer, S. S., Davis, V. H., Gibbs, S., Herbert Harris, E., Jackson, J. R., Pate, L. B., & Vick, L. L. (2021). Rapid Transition to Online Learning for Baccalaureate Students: Teamwork During a Pandemic. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(7), 397–399. https://doi-org.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/10.3928/01484834-20210616-07

Abshire, D. A., Gibbs, S., McManus, C., Caldwell, T., & Cox, A. (2020). Interest, Resources, and Preferences for Weight Loss Programs among Primary Care Patients with Obesity. Patient education and counseling, 103(9), 1846–1849. https://doi-org.pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/10.1016/j.pec.2020.04.003