PhD, Boston College
MSN, University of Connecticut at Storrs
BSN, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Geri-psych, Communication experience, Disability inclusion, Nurses’ role and image in the media
Dr. Carroll is an adult health nurse practitioner with a focus on gerontological psychiatric care. She has worked and taught in acute care, acute rehabilitation, long-term/ subacute care, and home care settings. She earned her BSN from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, her MSN from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, and her PhD from Boston College. Her doctoral dissertation was a qualitative phenomenological study on the communication experiences of patients who are ventilated and non-vocal. She has also published a metasynthesis on this topic as well as articles related to the inclusion of people with disabilities into nursing. Another area of research interest is how nurses are portrayed in the media, and she has published a qualitative media analysis on the role and image of nurses in children’s literature. Dr. Carroll serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Nursing Education and reviews for other nursing journals periodically. She teaches in the master’s program at Rush University.
Distinguished dissertation award from Boston College in PhD program
Poster presentation for Massachusetts General Hospital Nursing Research Day, April 2016
Carroll, S.M. (2007). Silent slow lifeworld: Communication experience of nonvocal ventilated patients. Qualitative Health Research, 17, 1165-1177.
Silent slow lifeworld: Communication experience of nonvocal ventilated patients. Nursing Excellence conference poster presentation, Worcester, MA, 5/07.
Revised Impaired Verbal Communication and Readiness for Enhanced Communication sections of Ackley and Ladwig’s Nursing Diagnosis Handbook 11/06 and 4/09.
Carroll, S. M. (2004). Non-vocal ventilated patients perceptions of being understood. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(1), 85-103.
Carroll, S.M. (2004). Inclusion of people with physical disabilities into nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 43(5), 207-212.
Carroll, S.M., Evans, B.C., Marks, B., McCulloh, K.J., & Smith, M.R. (November, 2004). Book review: Nursing students with disabilities: Change the course, by Donna Maheady. ALERT (newsletter of the Association of Higher Education and Disability).
Carroll, S.M. (2003). Lip-reading translating for non-vocal ventilated patients. JAMPHL: Journal of the Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses, 1(2).
Working as a Nurse with a Hearing Loss: Creative Inclusion. Presented at nurse educator conference, Auburn, MA, 3/05.
Students with Disabilities: Nursing Education and Practice Conference. Panelist at Rush University College of Nursing Conference, Chicago, IL, 4/03.
Dementia, Delirium, and Depression, Guest lecturer at Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA, 3/03.
Interpretive Phenomenology, Guest lecturer for Advanced Qualitative class, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. 3/03 and 3/04.
Lipreading Translating, Presented at Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses conference, Miamisburg, OH, 7/02.
Nurses with Hearing Loss: Creative Inclusion, Presented at Oregon Health Sciences University. 5/01. Consulted with OHSU faculty about disability inclusion in nursing.
Attitudes Regarding the Use of Physical Restraints in the Nursing Home. Researched and analyzed data in conjunction with P.A. Tabloski.
Presented research independently at:
-American Gerontology Society Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 1996.
-Iota Phi at large chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Worcester, MA. Research night, December 1996.
Carroll, S.M. (1995). The Difficult Patient. Essay included in States of Exile book authored by J. Young-Mason and published by the National League for Nursing.