Takara Schomberg
Lecturer (Sioux Falls)
Biography
Takara Schomberg, Ph.D., is a certified nurse educator and certified healthcare simulation educator. She earned her Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Missouri with a dissertation entitled "Rurality Matters: Exploring Nurse Suicide in Rural and Urban Populations using National Violent Death Reporting System Data."
She had previously completed a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in nursing education from South Dakota State University. Her graduate thesis work explored self-care agency and self-care practices in nursing professionals.
Her nursing background includes ambulatory care, functional medicine, gerontology and mental health nursing.
Her current academic interests include mental health and suicide, simulation-based learning, self-care and nursing education. She maintains professional memberships in several organizations on the local and national level.
She had previously completed a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialization in nursing education from South Dakota State University. Her graduate thesis work explored self-care agency and self-care practices in nursing professionals.
Her nursing background includes ambulatory care, functional medicine, gerontology and mental health nursing.
Her current academic interests include mental health and suicide, simulation-based learning, self-care and nursing education. She maintains professional memberships in several organizations on the local and national level.
Education
- BSN | South Dakota State University
- M.S. | South Dakota State University
- Ph.D. | University of Missouri
- Certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE) | 2021
- Certified nurse educator (CNE) | 2019
- Master Online Instructor Certification – SDSU | 2024
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- Nursing education
- Mental health
- Suicide
- Self-care
Academic Responsibilities
- Lecturer in Sioux Falls for accelerated and standard cohorts
- Provides instruction in simulation, laboratory, classroom, online and clinical settings
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees
- University Library Committee
- Academic Assessment and Evaluation
- Simulation and Experiential Learning (chair)
- Bylaws and College of Nursing Handbook
- Simulation and Informatics
Professional Memberships
- Sigma Theta Tau International, Phi Chapter
- National League for Nursing
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
- Society of Simulation in Healthcare
- American Nurses Association
- South Dakota Nurses Association
- Association of SP Educators
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
- Self-care
- Orem's self-care deficit theory
- Simulation-based learning
- Mind-body intervention
- Suicidality
- Rurality
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher of the Year, Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri, 2024
- Academic Teacher of the Year, South Dakota State University College of Nursing, 2020
Publications
Publications:
- Farmer, M.S., Herbert, D., Torrisi, C., Zacharjasz, A., Castaneda, G., Schomberg, T., Dardis, M., Montgomery, N. and Melvin, M.E. (2026). . Nursing outlook, 74(1), 102667. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102667.
- Schomberg, T., Zweifel, A., Fenderson, B. Sim-portant Conversations Podcast: An approach to professional development. Simulation Technology and Operations Resource Magazine (STORM), 3(3), 2-9.
- Hulett, J.M., Mele, C., Kim, J., Narkthong, N., Schomberg, T., Greaves, J., Bormann, J.E. and Heiney, S.P. (2022). . Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0035.
- Schomberg, T. (2016) Self-care agency, self-care practices and body mass index among nursing professionals, ProQuest database.
Presentations:
- Albert, N., Stromer, A. and Schomberg, T. Tell me how you feel: Facilitating emotional release and deep reflection [workshop], 2024 Healthcare Simulation Research Symposium, Brookings, SD [virtual].
- Schomberg, T. and Verley, P. Teaching transparently: Weekly announcements in a hybrid pharmacology course. (Nov. 22, 2024). Master Online Instructor Certification Presentation. South Dakota State Instructional Design Services.
- Schomberg, T. and Smith, D. (Aug. 1, 2023). Scheduling outside the box: Approaches to maximize resources [Digital Interactive iWall presentation]. SimGHOSTS USA 2023, Omaha, NE.
- Smith, D., Schomberg, T., Zweifel, A. (July 27, 2023). Using telepresence robots to provide simulation-based learning experiences during the pandemic and beyond [virtual hot topic presentation]. SimOps Delivers 2023, Cinicinnati, OH.
- Zweifel, A., Schomberg, T., Stromer, A. (June 15, 2023). Taking professional development to the next level [podium presentation], INACSL23, Providence, RI.
- Jansen, K., Schomberg, T., Zweifel, A. (Jan. 25, 2023). Escape room – A new modality in undergraduate nursing [hot topic presentation]. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), Orlando, FL.
- Zweifel, A., Meyer, B., Schomberg, T. (Jan. 25, 2023). Evaluating the impact of a change to a virtual interprofessional poverty simulation [Research Oral Presentation]. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH), Orlando, FL.
- Zweifel, A., Schomberg, T. and Smith, D. (July 20-22, 2022). Using telepresence robots to provide simulation-based learning experiences during the pandemic and beyond [virtual hot topic presentation]. SimOps Conference, Cinicinnati, OH.
- Heier, C., Schomberg, T. and Horsley, L. (2021). An interprofessional addiction simulation for primary care in rural health: Development and implementation [virtual poster presentation]. INACSL Conference 2021, hybrid conference. (abstract accepted for presentation scheduled for 2021, June 16-July 15).
- Hulett, J.M., Mele, C., Kim, J.S., Narkthong, N., Schomberg, T., Greaves, J., and Heiney, S.P. (Feb. 23-25, 2022). Exploring a Mantram repetition intervention among adolescents with a history of cancer. [Oral presentation]. .
- Hulett, J.M., Mele, C., Kim, J.S., Narkthong, N., Schomberg, T. Greaves, J., and Heiney, S.P. (March 30-April 2, 2022). Exploring the acceptability of a Mantram repetition intervention to promote well-being in adolescents diagnosed with brain tumors or cancer: A mixed-methods study [Poster presentation]. , Schaumberg, IL.
- Schomberg, T. (Jan. 24, 2022). Understanding best practices for debriefing in simulation education. South Dakota State University Nursing Continuing Professional Development, virtual session. Brookings, SD.
- Schomberg, T., Heier, C. and Horsley, L. (April 16, 2021). An interprofessional addiction simulation for primary care in rural health: Development and implementation [poster presentation]. 32nd Annual Research Symposium hosted by Zeta-Zeta and Phi Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), virtual conference.
- Schomberg, T. (March 31, 2017). Self-care agency, self-care practices and body mass index among nursing professionals [poster presentation]. 28th Annual Research Symposium hosted by Zeta-Zeta and Phi Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Volstorff Ballroom, Brookings, SD.
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